Ascent

I woke inside a world unknown
of starlit skies so brightly shown
with stairs before me made of stone
and beckoning I walk alone.

I gaze the endless ocean vast
and see the steps ascending cast
a shadow though the moon in view
has caught me and the mystery too.

Or I'm bewitched before I knew
the magic of this moment grew
I thought at first a dream surreal,
but I can sense and see and feel.

And climbing though I peer no end
like life I cannot comprehend
my being here or what I see
no answer clear, I will not be

A ghost to miss or whisper why
another life just passing by.
And so I climb to seek the top
and wish to rise before I drop.

And at the end I saw you there
and filled in me, I cried despair
and bore the man I need to be
inside the death of you and me.