Lost In The Wilderness by Alec

Lost in the WIlderness

it was a cold December morning when he set out
deep into the forest, no one to hear scream nor shout
the land covered in thick ice and snow
the howls of wind through trees, a creepy show

he held a map, and gripped a compass so tight
eagerly checking the way, each step a fight
the land so cold, feeling so lost and alone
he would have stayed at town if he had known

each night passed slow, dark and cold
alone in his tent, only nightmares unfold
sounds outside, footsteps in the dark, twigs snapping
but too afraid to go out and check the flapping

he kept walking, through thicker forest and quarries
through icy rivers and alongside lakes
but after three days and three nights, he felt a mess
but he had to keep going, to pass the test

and just when he was most dazed and lost
a huge castle sprung up, a shelter from the snow
he trudged up to the drawbridge and rang the bell
and it was lowered from inside, to cross the moat

he crawled across, toward the welcoming doors
this is Castle D, said a voice from the darkness within
but he kept going, drawn to the warmth
deeper and deeper into the Castle's walls

there was a Lady inside, he was glad to meet
She said knee first and then we will speak
so he knelt, so tired and eager, not feeling a fool
and then She said, this is a place where Women rule

so there in the Castle he joined their ways
out of the cold and wind and snow, he was amazed
mostly in the dungeon locked away
Ladies so beautiful, he wanted to stay

they gave him comfort and warm shelter
and over time he felt the same
soon the map was gone, and there was no way back
so he stayed at Castle D and did not lack