The Mind By Difan Li

 The Mind

By Difan Li

a warning sign

shines brightly nigh

up on the entrance door

it’s scattered light

sends rays of warmth

across the cracked stone floor

and the knocker hangs

its dreary head

as it ponders deep in thought

what new visitor

and from whence he comes

to the lonesome place he’s sought?

he steels his nerves

but shows no fear

for what should there be to find

an empty cavern

or the great song hall

all once crossed his mind

so he pushes upon

that small wood frame

rough from grains of time

and stares in wonder

at what he finds

the horror, beauty sublime

he wanders through the barren fields

through wildflowers that dot the land

he swims through oceans of crimson red

at the songbirds’ last command

and I know without a shred of doubt 

he’s lost forevermore

upon entrance there’s no escape

no path nor exit door

and just outside

the warning sign

shines for travelers across all time

a warning sign that bears four words:

welcome to my mind.