Labyrinth

Inviting me to meet you,
     here you lure me in,
to step inside the circle,
     and find what lies within.

This path I must take solely,
     for only I can chart,
that place where it is leading,
     hid deep within my heart.

Clad in my cloak of mystique,
     I thus reclaim my pelt,
in touch with my true nature,
     ‘tis long since this I felt.

My quarry flirts and teases:
     twisting, turning, feinting
I take the bait, pursuing,
     catching glimpses fleeting.

You let yourself be captured,
     at final pathway’s end.
For we were never parted,
     that message now you send.

And now my steps retracing,
     my quest I carried through,
for this is hero’s journey,
     to face the world renewed.