The City

I stood there.

I had found it.

It had taken my own self,

it had claimed all I had.

But I finally,

stood there;

On the edge of nevermore.

On that cliff of ending,

covered in the greenest moss.

And beyond the chasm

I could see

the lights of the City.

Flickering like the stars between us.

It looked so close...

But I knew I could not jump that far.

I had also given up my wings,

long ago...

When I did not even know,

i was on a quest.

But those lights....

they were so,so beautiful.

And they looked so sad...

voiceless...

The white castles

and the crystal walls

had none to inhabit them.

For all had come to this spot,

when their time was right,

a thing i only knew at that moment,

but none still had their wings.

So I asked myself;

If we are

to give up our wings,

in order to get here,

why get here

in the first place?

If we can't manage to cross the gap?

And then,

I longed to be a child again.

When I believed in everything

and knew nothing.

I stood there.

I had found it.

The gates were far behind me,

and none would stop me,

I was sure.

The cradle of our Life,

the secrets,

the Truth,

all right there.

That City 

of scrolls of ancient,

of marble and gold,

of mirror and guirlandes,

that City of old.

It got colder.

It got darker.

I realised

I was still waiting.

Demanding.

Yes,why not?

After all,

all of this...

The chasm remained.

SIlent.

Confronting.

And from one second 

to the bitter other,

in this one second

a thread needs to snap,

I broke.

I could not pass,

could i ?

But I could not turn my back.

''Not that'' I begged the Nothing.

I stand here.

Frozen.

Timless.

And alone.

But i know,

you hear me.

I know,

you are on your way to me.

They don't know,

what we can do

when we are

together.

They don't know

you can hear me,

they don't hear you

singing to me...

Love,

I will wait.

For your love

can grow

my wings back.

We will claim the City of Lights.

Together.