Slowly and deliberately you make your way deeper into the forest. The light begins to fade as the ancient trees crowd around the path trying it seems to reclaim the long unused roadway for themselves.
The path is strong however and holds firm against the slow creeping encroachment of Mother Nature’s oldest children. The trees creak and groan as the sounds of your footsteps on the ancient stone walkway seem to bleed away into the deepening darkness of the massive trees. It’s almost as though they are speaking to one another. Spreading the news of your passing ahead of you like wildfire spreads with the wind.
All around they stand firm unyielding and unforgiving. A dark sense of fear and anger permeates the air depressing everything around you into a dull saddening grey. Your courage wavers as the small gap in the forest through which you enter vanishes around the first curve in the trail.
Your step falters as you feel panic rising from the pit of your stomach threatening to overwhelm you. Knowing that if you let it panic will erase all trace of reason from your actions and cause you to become almost animal like giving in to your baser instincts you try desperately to fight it back but, the pervasive gloom that seems to hang in the very air is starting to win its way into the deepest corners of your mind. |