Redwall, Redwall.
Enjoy your fall, the Autumn of faithful friends.
Till enter, the winter.
When your smiles, have trials without end.
So shall it testify.
To rectify, and improve character progression.
Of what does a friend make, amid affliction and the will to break.
When the winds of reason blow astern, and you learn a hard lesson.
The parallel of Mischevael and winter.
I am the hopelessness.
That births the lacking thereof.
I am the crookedness.
Of the naked trees above.
I am the chill in the wind.
That rustles the dead leaves.
I am the moon's halo in the clouds without end.
I am the cold trials that keeps him who believes.
I am the lengthening of the shadow.
The extending of the night.
I am the blindness of the snow.
I am the monochromatic scene at hand.
I am the nothingness that seems to expand.
The emptiness of the sight.
Of the winter wonderland.
I am the melancholy of the season.
And the malady to unfold.
Done wholly with reason.
Done irrespective of the gravity of the cold.
I am the loneliness of the daffodil.
And the contrast it seems to make.
Even so, I am the nipping of the chill.
Yet lo, it is the sign it will all soon break.
(The variation in rhythm is to accent the poem, a crescendo).
Redwallers, Redwallers dark, are the recessess of the imagination.
For the will of man begins with a spark, and is a world of conflagration.
With a great taxation, there must be great self examination.
To get to what is true.
Past the deflection, anger, and fear.
Past their projection, till the picture becomes clear.
One more thing not to miss, gaze long into the abyss.
It will gaze into you.
The darchives.
There is a place.
Hidden well in the mind.
One we embrace.
To leave the world behind.
To keep that which is dark.
As secrecy is vital.
Where each point of interest left its mark.
To flaunt every idol.
When there is nothing to do.
So to recede in relaxation.
Or safety from what pursues you.
And bleed in vexation.
Where another's trust must far excel.
The limits of normality.
To see a portion of where they dwell.
To experience your altered reality.
A place for your journal.
An internal book of remembrances.
To relive your journey in full.
A place guarded by all your defenses.
Where your inner self has slumbered.
Where trusts are kept.
And your life is numbered.
And their pieces swept.
Where dreams are born.
And memories kept alive.
Yet there to forlorn.
As the worst is allowed to thrive.
Redwallers, Redwallers, I am the hatred of the flame.
I am the game, it plays ever so well.
It destroys as it devours, so likewise their mental powers.
Their anger, envy, and passion, in the fashion of the fires of hell.
I am the map of riddles, the winding course.
I am the blinding force, to overthrow you along the way.
I am fate and the lonely, I am the melancholy.
Better you not meet me, the only way to defeat me is do not play.
Playing with Mischevael.
Lay in my feathered bed.
To tickle your darkest fears.
Or share a glass of wine instead.
To pickle yourself in tears.
Talk with me.
To reveal your innermost secrets.
Walk with me.
To remember your ghost and what he forgets.
Take my looking glass.
I am the abyss that gazes into you.
Let's fish for bass.
I'll bait this hook with what amazes you.
Take this present.
I am that which gives you away.
Take this hint.
I am the riddle that lives to lead you astray.
Have my lucky dreidel.
I'll spin your hopes with what you don't understand.
Let's play cat's cradle.
I'll turn your confidence into ropes of sand.
Share my fame.
I am the fool's attention in order to estrange.
Share my board game.
Rule number 1: The rules ever change.
Riddles of the bay mouse.
Redwallers, Redwallers, I give you a warning.
Neglect to your mourning, and so it shall be against you.
There are penalties for trampling wisdom, as with any system.
Her curse, gets worse until she has convinced you:
Riddle #1.
What goes, also comes around.
The time no one knows, till it be found.
A blessing at first, till revealed cursed.
Thing there to stay.
The path, the parents trod.
Has vengeful wrath, that learns to maraud.
I am fate and the lonely, I am the melancholy.
The only way to defeat me is do not play.
With each footstep, they take.
They may have wept, but is easier for others to make.
They both instill, into shoes to fill.
Truly, an offer they can't refuse.
What was your obstacle, is now their tendency.
Fate is not fickle, when they see a greater density.
When they procreate, they chance fate.
A game they could easily loose.
I ofttimes administer, to one.
A dose sinister, to teach a lesson.
If they forget it, they will come to regret it.
And it burst upon them again like a flood.
Clean yourself up, and there be a chance to avoid it.
Drink from my cup, and you've destroyed it.
No return or exchange, for life's burns that estrange.
Or that given by blood.
Redwallers, Redwallers, you get drawn away by your lust.
And begin to trust, the thoughts in your mind.
Till your love has defaulted, as self is exalted.
Keep others before you, so the more you will leave it all behind:
Riddle #2
I am the wanting of another's.
That can separate very lovers.
I am the character, as it is forming.
I am the change as you are unaware of her.
Take this riddle as warning.
It is as green as emerald forests.
Regret and resentments are what it consists.
Quoth, the raven.
'You shall loathe.
To what the mind gave in.'
Over and again shall it occupy the thoughts.
Till everything else in the mind rots.
Till you're hell bent, on taking vengeance.
Even if you do not relent.
To any objective it becomes a hindrance.
Examine the motives of the heart.
The hidden feelings that play their part.
And weed it, out of the mind.
Before you begin to think you need it.
And become perpetually blind.
Best leave it alone.
And gather for your own.
The end of this, should bring you pause.
For it shall be lonely and friendless.
I am the effects from the cause.
Redwallers, Redwallers, keep to what is true.
Lest pursue, a sound in the mists.
And so shall you not discern, each footstep and turn.
The lesson to reveal, is nothing unreal exists:
Riddle #3.
I am the squandering, of substance.
When they're wandering, amid it presence.
That exists only in immanence, and influence.
I am the door to the realm of unreality.
Study the genuine, to identify it.
Lest when it shall begin, you can't deny it.
It has no use, yet given excuse.
And made a formality.
It has a blinding, infatuating spell.
To where finding yourself, is like a needle in hell.
It is a false conviction, it is as an addiction.
Hard to curb.
Like a wraith, from nothing shall it conceive.
Where it takes great faith, just to believe.
Despite the kind of evidence, of its quasi-existence.
It is but one more idol to serve.
It may prove, above that of relativity.
Yet this is how they move, into this stupidity.
Beware the consumption, of the counterfeit presumption.
For you get no points for intermittent display.
Do not come near, and never compromise.
The winds of reason shall veer, pulling the wool over your eyes.
Not even to mock, for even a broken clock.
Gets the chance to be right twice a day.
Redwall, Redwall.
Take care lest you fall, by wrong habits unto character.
It is insisted, that Nature is assisted.
In her efforts, though it hurts but she works as you're unaware of her:
Riddle #4.
He rationalizes himself into acceptance.
He compromises himself into submittance.
With all his deflection, he can't see his reflection.
I am his fear of that thing to address.
Full of broken dreams woken by the daylight.
Whose echoes sends screams deep into the night.
Whose broken promises left behind, do not calm his mind.
I am his circle with no egress.
He built his castle, on a sandy shore.
Thinks he's guiltless, loosed in a candy store.
He meets correction with deflection and projection.
I am the realm of his denial.
His will power is, a false assumption.
He is powerless, towards his consumption.
He stands derailed, his many attempts failed.
I am the repetition of his trial.
He pushes away those close to him.
There's not one day it doesn't ghost him.
He is empty inside, where he loves to hide.
I am his running child.
It shall bloom, into a cold hard reality.
That shall consume, his rationality.
He's coming apart at the seams, taking it to extremes.
I am it running wild.
Redwallers, Redwallers it is your inward selves.
Into perdition man delves, when it is neglected thence.
It aids in right decision making, amid life's undertakings.
Lest, with each failed test you sear your conscience:
Riddle #5.
It'll show you, the way.
I'll know if you, want to move or stay.
Wisdom increases, as you follow its lead.
You'll be left with me if it ever ceases.
And turn into night what once was day.
Where it is futile to proceed.
Walk while there is light, on your path.
For the night, has terrible wrath.
The rose, will guide you.
See without seeing and do not suppose.
Do the math.
It is the man inside you.
Only those asking, will understand.
And will not be grasping, ropes of sand.
Only the heart sincere, will it not leave behind.
Only with ears tuned and eyes clear.
With a steady hand.
And a balanced mind.
If you're led, by the two that live together.
That apart are dead, be it one or the other.
You shall not fear, presumption's noose.
Beware however, lest it appear.
A genuine raison d'etre
Only to be chasing a wild goose.
Redwallers, Redwallers it isn't easy to see.
The malignancy, of life's pitfalls.
Lest they are discerned, lest they are learned.
You'll be led to where you are driven, for you can't see the prison from the walls:
Riddle #6.
That which wisdom would have you release.
Lest the inward person's sufferings increase.
And it weighs, as much as an anchor.
Worn about the neck, to make shipwreck of days.
A ship in a bottle that looks as big as a tanker.
It distorts like a prism.
It steals your rhythm.
It is a parlor trick, of sleight of hand.
It uses mirrors, to project fears that come on thick.
Of what you can't fully understand.
It keeps you busy.
In circles going dizzy.
Blends beginning with end, so you can't abort her.
It wounds the future, with sores no suture can mend.
It is chaos amid order.
It eats like a cancer.
That obscures the answer.
It feasts on the silo, of regret you store.
It is built, upon the guilt you try to bury although.
You cover it with a whole lot more.
Better to be objective.
For the answer is subjective.
Careful lest you self flatter, or want the attention.
Be true, or have it fool you beware of the latter.
And so have the wrong intention.
I am fate and the lonely, I am the melancholy.
When they begin to think it is but only too slowly.
For the cruelest prison, is the one we build for ourselves.
Out of fear and regret, set to be the hardest arisen.
Which man too often delves.
Redwall, Redwall beware of pride's brine.
Bitter as quinine, and selfishness be that which it imparts.
And serve to get even, this is what it believes in.
Ever have others before you, even if they abhor you to keep love in your hearts.
This is the time and the season.
But many guilty of treason, to the spirit.
At the holiday's expense, and sear the conscience.
For that which would constrain them, pains them to hear it:
Mischevael and the holiday seasons.
I am the hypocrisy, of the holidays.
As always, the insincerity of thanksgiving.
The gluttony of food lovers, the rejection of others.
They know not what makes good living.
I am their selfishness and their pride.
The evidence love died, wherewith shall it be revived.
It is transitory, and vainglory.
If self feels well leaving others deprived.
I am the pretense, of being overjoyed.
While the rest are decoyed, I am not sold.
It's better a morsel of bread alone, than with feelings hid but known.
I am the troubles put on hold.
I am the New Year's resolution.
To become absolution, to absolve you of the thing.
I am the passing of time, that has wills sublime.
I am the effects the disappointments bring.
I am the season come, and the season go.
I am the show, they put on for the moment.
I am sound witness, to your year round display of this.
As you think the season will make atonement.
I am truth, that brings grief.
I am your disbelief, at all this.
I am your deflection, and your projection.
For there is nothing that I miss.