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Road of a Wanderer

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A wanderer knows no company.
He knows he is too different from other people.
Too much to be able to find a clear place to fit it.
He never allows anyone to accept him.
He never lets anyone in.
He wears the mask he forged for himself.
He migrates, never staying in one place for too long.
He keeps moving forward because whenever he stops, he looks back.
And all he sees is the darkness of his past.
In that darkness exists a shadow.
A shadow of regret.
A shadow he cannot accept.
A shadow that slowly follows along behind him.
He moves forward not because he wants to.
He moves forward because he has to.
He fears that shadow he cannot accept.
He fears it will finally catch up to him.
He fears what will then come next.
From time to time he stops to catch his breath.
He takes a look around, only to see no one left ,right or ahead.
He takes another look back.
Once again the shadow is there.
Slowly catching up.
He stares at it for a moment.
At times like this he cannot help but think it is a mirror
since it is a spitting image of him.
He wonders when it will finally catch up to him.
He thinks about it.
Only two words leave his mouth:
„Not Today"
He takes a look at the road ahead.
Still shrouded in darkness as always.
He takes a step forward.
He wonders if things could have been different.
Then he remembers.
His curse was not brought upon him by any god or fate, but by his own choices.
A path he made.
A path he must walk.
He is alone.
He is a wonderer.
Never in one place for long.
A piece i've had stored up on my hard drive for a while.
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DenVitaNarren's avatar
Have you ever read the Anglo-Saxon poem "The Wanderer"? :) It reminds me of yours, so I thought that you'd maybe been inspired by it? :)

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