*A night alone in the woods*

_Weary of the bricks and the drawbridge, when even the tell tale of the study grew stale,_

_I set out under the moon and walked past the cold, northern gale._

_Under the winds of north and below the starry interstellar set out I._

_Phantasms manifold, shapes of plenty. Illusions divine._

_Filling the jar, I set out alone in the witching hour._

_Under a sky, wherein the prophecies of the decadents fell shy._

_Trudging along the edges I came to a hideous realization._

_Along the unbound branches, amongst titanic Sequoia and beneath cramped caves laid my soul._

_This realization alone set my mind on a fright!_
_I turned back, watched my steps, and my unimpeded flight,_

_And asked myself,_

_*What different am I from a ghoul who haunts the night?*_

_ Pranjal Singh
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