Swamp King

There was a warning sign at one point

but the edges keep changing.

It seems like strong footing when I’m walking

until it doesn’t.

The air is strong, and thick

full of flies.

How do I know where to step in here?

The depths change so quickly

and I am not familiar

How can I navigate this

without knowledge of the terrain?

Not only am I going to get lost

I will probably die in here.

Is that why you left me here?

Without a map, without a guide.

You left me to find my own way

in a place so dangerous

you never set foot.

Well, now I live here.

I have spent my life learning

every inch of this place.

I know all the creatures, all the pitfalls,

all the bogs.

I have not only survived here

but now this place knows me as

it’s king.

And that’s why you never visit.