To Sleep In The Forest Fatale

People whisper the stories  
They don’t know if they are truth or lie  
About the dark forest not so far away  
Where the old people go to die  
 
Some say demons await  
Others say angels are there  
There is talk of outer space beings  
And lore of a man eating bear  
 
The fact to which all can agree  
Is that those who travel its ground  
Who go there to sleep the long good night  
Not a one has ever been found  
 
What I have known as life is in the past  
I am in the twilight of what has been  
I know that when I walk through the forest  
I will never come back again  
 
As I enter the dark domain  
The fear leaves me  
As if it was taken by God  
And absorbed by every tree  
 
I feel as though I am being questioned  
To see if my intentions are true  
After walking a little further  
I hear in my head, “Yes, we will help you”  
 
I lay at the foot of a tree  
I feel that sleep is near  
I hear the trees sing in the wind  
I know there is nothing to fear  
 
I feel drops of water  
All the trees are crying  
Their tears rain down upon me  
To tell me they are sad I am dying  
              
I feel death’s strong hold  
And for a moment I am sad  
I see my life pass before my eyes  
I will miss the life I had  
 
I awaken in a different place  
There is a small town just ahead  
I feel that I have been reborn  
Not at all like I am dead  
 
“You know the people here  
They came here just as you  
You are now young again  
And all the others are, too”  
 
“You will exist until the end of time  
And you will be happy here”
 
What more can anyone ask for