The Treasure

There it is again

Sitting there in the corner

Watching me with

those curious eyes

Will I wander

over there?

Do I dare

find out what

fate awaits me?

Ambivalence paralyzes

me as I ponder my options

Surely its power

is not so great

I should pay it

no attention

I should return

to the task at hand

But it will

not allow me

to do so

My gaze is

still focused

I stare as

I slowly get up

I walked ever

so cautiously

towards the corner

The object seems

to glow in greeting

as I approach

I reach out for

the book

My hands are

almost touching it

Then it vanishes

replaced by the

darkness of

the room

I sigh in sorrow

The treasure,

now forever

out of reach