There's a lone house
Hidden away on a hill
Almost invisible behind an awning of trees.
To affirm it's existence
There is nothing but a trail of dark smoke
Ghosting upwards all day and all night.
Lore has traveled far and wide
Each day, there's yet another man, yet another outsider
Dubs himself as fearless, nay, lionhearted.
I can't help but laugh, watch as their egos crumble.
I tell them all
To break down its doors, unravel the mysteries that hide past
Hundreds before you, deemed bravest of the brave
Have tried and failed.
Yet, most don't budge
At dawn each day, up the hill they trudge
Severing greenery to carve a path upwards
Encountering animals not meant to be on a hill so close.
Then, halfway through, most men stop
Exhaustion creeps up on them
Like a predator stalking prey
Silent, and crippling.
Perhaps a few reach the top
Or maybe one has even entered the house--
There's no way to discern.
None know what happens at the lone house
Far up on that hill
For none have ever survived to tell the story.
Hey there! It's been a while since I posted here. But I'm back, and hopefully, posts will be more regular now.
I'm not sure what there is to say about this poem, but I guess if I did have to tell you something, I'd talk about how I ended up writing it. When I started out, I had a completely different poem sketched out in my mind. But as I wrote, a story about the unknown shaped into one about this enigmatic house at the top of a hill. I had no plan, nothing. It just popped into my head, and I chose to keep going. You could call it a "eureka!" moment of sorts. But regardless of the way I started, the rest of the poem came to me relatively easily. I took only about an hour to write this poem once I had the plot figured out; and that pace, for me, is impressive.
The unknown is scary, at times. I wanted to encapsulate that through my poem, but at the same time, I made sure to keep it vague enough for the reader's [your] imagination to thrive as well. It makes it seem a little more real, I think.
Well, I guess that's about it for now. Let me know what you think of this one, and don't forget to subscribe if you haven't yet!
Until next time,
Vaish.
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