The Map Unfolds

Through spiraling dust motes in late afternoon I observe them from shadows in this quiet room Their fingers trace pathways across ancient scales While destiny writes out its intricate tales Watch how Marcus holds his breath As recognition sparks and spreads His father's writing calls to him Through time and space and dread While Theo's eyes lights light up with fire At possibilities unfurled Two souls suspended in this moment Between the known and unknown worlds See how the library light bends around them now Like reality itself is learning how to bow To the weight of what they're finding To the choice they're about to make As worlds between worlds start bleeding through And all their certainties break Watch them tear their world apart Trading safety for the unknown dark No turning back, no second thoughts As they decode these ancient plots Marcus holds his father's notes Like lifelines in his trembling hands While Theo sees salvation there An escape from dead end plans The library walls seem closer now As destiny takes hold Two separate paths converging here Where myths and truths unfold They don't see me watching As they make their choice Trading all they've known For mysteries yet unveiled Soon they'll understand What this journey means How each step forward will cost them everything See the map unfold before them Watch their mundane world dissolve Two boys about to vanish into mysteries unsolved I've seen the scene before And I'll see it once again As the boundless dark claims Two more souls in the end And so they take their first step Into the spaces between what's real and what's dreamed I wonder if they know They'll never be the same