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Knowing the direction doesn’t mean you have to go.
Silent house and silent hall,
Room so big, and you so small,
Looking in the closet, looking underneath the stair.
I know just what you hope you’ll find,
But this is all I left behind:
I hope that you can listen to a frightened monsters prayer
The broken doors are hidden. You must not wait to be shown.
My darling ones, be careful now, and don’t go out alone.
In the places time forgot
What we are meets what we’re not:
Every choice you make throws another choice away.
Choose the passage. Choose the task,
Choose the face or choose the mask.
If you choose correctly then, my darling you can stay.
The broken doors are open – come and enter and be home
My darling girl, be careful now, and don’t go out alone.
Take the bread and take the salt,
Know that this is not your fault;
Take the things you need, for you will not be coming back.
Pause before you shut the door,
Look back once and never more.
Take a deep breath and take a step, committed to this track.
The broken doors are kept in places ancient and unknown.
My darlings ones, be careful now, and don’t go out alone.
Solve the puzzle, take your time,
Spurn the reason, shift the rhyme,
Let the shadows guide you through the darkness to the dawn.
Children’s games can break your heart,
We all have to play our part.
Know this world will miss you when it wakes to find you gone.
The broken doors will open for we sinners who atone.
My darling boy, be careful now, and don’t go out alone.
Break the mirror, it tells lies.
Learn to live in your disguise.
Everything is changing now, it’s too late to go back.
Caterpillar child of mine,
This was always life’s design,
Here at last you’ll find the things you can’t afford to lack.
The broken doors are ready, you are very nearly home.
My darling child, be careful now, and don’t go out alone.
Sell your face to but your mask,
It will serve you in this task,
And masks can see us better than the mirror ever could.
Closer now, but still so far,
Lose your grip on who you are.
The next time that you see me, you will be with me for good.
The broken doors are kept for those the light has never known.
My darling girl, be careful now, and don’t go out alone.
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