MYSTERY.?

This place takes me to another world

This Place Takes Me to Another World,

Beautiful Views that Leave Me so Cold.

Stories to be Told trying to find The Key,

To Unlock The Tales of a Dark Mystery?

The Locals are Quiet not Wanting to Talk,

As I Head off to The Hills for a nice Long Walk.

I Try to Clear My Head Feeling Like a Stranger on These Shores,

I’m Not Leaving a Stone Unturned, I Will Knock on Every Door.

I Will Not Let this Stop wherever it Takes Me,

And to Find out More of this Secret Mystery?

I Stop to Look at The Sea, The Cliffs and Rocks All Visible to Me,

Walking a Little Closer Now I’m Living on The Edge,

Like a Bird Preparing to Take its First Flight,

Ready to Leave this Ledge.

Without any Warning The Wind Picks Up,

Taking Me by Surprise.

Falling Backwards I Look Up to See,

A Pair of Dark Eyes Looking Down On Me.

Was this My Imagination Or Was it Just Me,

As I Become Involved in this Strange Mystery?

I Make My Way to a Seat I Need to Sit Down,

My Head now Spinning Around and Around.

Did that Really Happen I Say to Myself,

Not Really Knowing if it was Something Else.

Taking a Moment to Calm Myself Down,

I See that My Phone is now on The Ground.

I Pick it Up to Take a Picture of Me,

Or in Modern Terms a Camera Selfie,

I Click Once and Again Twice,

Then I Check The Pictures to See if They Look Nice.

But to My Shock and Horror I Cannot Believe,

A Tall Dark Figure Now Stood Behind Me.

A Figure Coming Back from History,

Am I Now a Step Closer to This Mystery?

I Quickly Look Around But There is No One to be Found,

As I Head Back to The Seat For Another Sit Down.

I Bring Up The Picture to Look Once Again,

The Figure that was Behind Me has Disappeared Now from The Frame.

I Place The Phone Beside Me and Look Up to The Sky,

The Sun has come Out through The Clouds and Shines into My Eyes.

But The Sun is Not just Shining on Me,

A Reflection comes from The Seat,

Like The Heavens have just Opened and its Time for Me to Greet.

All that I See is a Name on a Plate Glistening by The Side of Me,

Could This be The Next Step into Solving The Mystery?

The Name on The Plate that I Have just Read,

Lost Their Life on These Cliffs After Falling off The Edge.

This Figure that was Seen was That Me,

Am I The Tale to This Mystery?

Whoever Reads this You Decide, Have I Passed on Or Am I Alive,

But Know One Thing Whenever You Stop!! To Take A Look At The Sea,

Don’t Walk So Close To The Edge And Become A Mystery?

© Gary Sydney Hankins…27/07/2021