Off the Lane - Priscilla Hernandez

I got lost off the lane

where the woodlands get dark

and skeleton hands

hang from bare and twisted branches

swaying in a sinister dance

they swirl, they swirl

knotting their shadows over me spiraling

Call me!

Call me from the Dark!

oh I shall find no rest until you come!

Call me!

Call me by my name!

that mossy stone

shall never be my grave!

I just followed their trail

into their hidden lair

Oh broken heart

come and play with us -they said

We can gather all your shards -they sung

Join them so you can feel complete

a whole again

All you must do is to decline

the light of sun

Oh catch me!

catch me now!

don’t let me fall

into a world I’ll never be

I never really was

Tangle me and lift me in your arms

Shelter me and cloak me

with your gnarled dead boughs

now that I’m lost

off the lane

A warning for all curious girls

led astray

A warning for all curious girls

led astray

I should have gone through the long way

You should have gone through the long way

No shortcut is safe