Follow Not

Follow me
The old man said.
Don't question me.

I have the answers
to your questions.

Follow me
The young woman said.
I will show you that the answers
lie within your soul.

They looked at her
and followed the old man.

Don't question me
The old man said.
Follow me.

It's so easy to just follow.

This way he said,
pointing.
And they walked
Straight to their deaths.

The old man stood by the cliff,
laughing eerily.
You foolish young woman
he said.

The young woman wept.
So much potential in those
souls. If only they had trusted
to find the answers
- within themselves.