she turns back and look at the road behind
long and winding
littered with pits and traps
yet, she has made it so far
she cranes her neck and look in front
it looks even more intidimating
darker and more sinister
shrieking of creatures whose name she does not know
thick clumps of thorny shrubs grows across the path
how is she to hack it through?
an occasional snake or two can be seen slithering across the path
they look black and venomous
does she dare to barge through it all?
what will she find at the other end?
the long awaited haven
or simply a longer, darker way?

maybe i would dare to
if i knew
you will always be beside me