the edge the cave called to me , asking my intentions , wanting more from me , then i could ever give , i was on the brink , in my head i knew it was wrong , that this was something , i should never be a part of , how had i gotten here , this cave scared with evil , i was on the edge , the edge of insanity , the edge of sanity , i was on the fence , and nearly tipping over , in case youre lost i 'll explain , the cave i speak of , is oh so very special , it has characteristics , that set it apart , at least that 's the rumor , they say that this cave , can let you see your future , as far as you wanted to go , so i wanted to give it a try , i went to the cave one afternoon , and from the outside , it looked so normal , like any other in our woods , but inside i was greeted by a monster , that monster was my future , it was telling me stories , that i could n't dream of wanting to see , worlds collapsing , i wanted nothing more than to fix it , so i rewound , and watched from the beginning , i began to see how the world , that was so very horrible in my future , began to take shape , i was in the cave , for at least 3 hours a day , it was almost like watching a movie , projected onto the wall , telling me what was coming , i could tell it where to go , and where to stop , and i watched , and wrote it all down , as things got out of a control , it started just a short decade from now , as the world was in chaos , people died and countries collapsed , slowly the visions , showed me a united government , then further down it got worse , the world was at war , with things from outside , these aliens were aiming , to take over the world , fast forward again another 15 years , and it 's all over , the aliens had won and we as a people , were no more , i wrote feverishly , i was n't sure what the notes would mean , or if they would even matter , but i felt like i had to do something , so i wrote for hours , days and weeks even , come to think of it , i do n't think anyone even noticed i was gone , but still i wrote , and wrote some more , finally it seemed as if it were all over , i stumbled out of the cave , i was scrawny like i have n't eaten in months , but i felt fine , something told me , that my mind had taken over , i stumbled home , and got some food , in my head , the visions that were sure to haunt me , played over like a broken record , it was another week before i saw anyone else , i did n't explain to them what i saw , because i knew they 'd think i was crazy , instead i kept it to myself , but that would come back to bite me , four days after leaving the cave , the voices in my head started talking , they would talk about war , about happiness and about love , most of all they would talk about the future , those voices never had names , they still do n't have names as i stand here today , but they would talk , oh how they loved to talk , and one day their talking made me realize , the answers were in front of me , the cave was more than a video , it was a chance to right the wrongs , and stop the problems from starting , so i ventured back into the cave , i was n't sure what i was looking for , did n't even know if it was real , but in my mind i believed that it was there , so i searched around , and finally i found the door , it seemed far too easy , the door led up a rocky stairway , from there i was n't sure where it went , but something told me that it had to lead to wherever , i wanted to go , so i walked and at the top , i got my answer , the doorway split in two , going one direction for the past , one for the future , i let my gut and my mind take over , i was n't sure what i was looking for , and i would n't know it when i found it , but i was hoping my gut would , and that it would relay the message , it all worked to perfection , me trusting my gut for once , i stopped at the moment it felt right , and on a whim turned left , there i was on flat ground , i looked in the distance and there was a city , i did n't know the name but i had recognized it , in here lived a man , that could be the key , to setting it all straight , i went in search , and soon enough i found him , letting my brain do the thinking , he was sitting peacefully in the shade , his name ralph james , we exchanged words , and i gave him notes , he took my word though , i 'd think it was due to his nature , of believing in the strange , i told him my story , and told him what he needed to do , i told him to trust me , and when the time came , he would be ready , after the meeting , i walked back to the beam , that seemed so strong and on its own , i walked through it and felt it bend around me , as i began the walk back , i trusted my body and mind , to let me stop again , and again , they did n't steer me wrong , as i came to a stop right next to the place i left , i walked back down the stone stairway , as i kept glancing back at the beam , my brain and heart wanted to be done , my gut though told another story , this was one i did n't agree with , i walked into the cave , and the videos projected on the wall , showed the future i had come to fear , had indeed been erased , i had managed to stop the end of mankind , i felt relieved , and restored , and i decided that it was time i went home , i left the cave without so much as a glance back , thinking that it was over , a week went by and the voices , did n't talk to me , did n't even make a sound , i thought that i had set it all right , until one night alone , first one , then two , then four , the voices came flooding in , they were telling me to go back , that my work was n't done , that there was more that was needed from me , i fought and resisted , and argued and pleaded , i was n't sure what else i could do , the voices told me to go to the cave , and i 'd get the answers i was after , i still fought , but it was a battle i would n't win , not that time , perhaps never , i went back , the entire place seemed the same , but in my head i was being told to sit down , that the show was about to begin , i sat and stared at the new video on the wall , it was then i knew what they wanted me to do , this video showed a world , that was in chaos , but something was different , and i could n't put my finger on it , then it hit me like a ton of bricks , the creatures moving , in the background , were unlike anything i had seen before , the stood upright , with real feet but paws for hands , those paws had thumbs , it was how they were carrying the weapons , these were n't aliens this time , but something far worse , it was all capped off by their head , their head was dog like , eyes and a tongue , they spoke in a language , that i could n't understand , but i knew the message was n't good , i could n't figure out what the cave had wanted , i could only assume that they wanted me , to change this future , it was then i realized , things would never change , i could go back a hundred , perhaps a thousand times , and continue to change the world , in the end , we 'd still end up the exact same , we 'd end up dreading the future , wishing we had the past , and begging to hold onto the present , it would always remain the same , so i left , i left it all behind , and thought that it would all go away , it would all be behind me , it was something that sounded simple , in my head , as it turns out , i was so wrong , a week after leaving , the voices began again , this time violent , they kept tempting me , begging me to go , begging me to be a part , begging me to fix it , but i refused , as it got worse , the voices began to yelling , telling me that i had no soul , that i had nothing left , and that i was worth nothing , the voices in my head , bullied me , pushed me , and screamed at me , it told me the end was near , i did n't believe it , i myself thought i was crazy , it was something that was hard to admit , but even harder to ignore , for they kept trying to get me to believe , that i was something special , that i was important , and i fought , and fought and then fought some more , finally it got too much , everything inside of me , begged to be let go , so i found myself , on the edge of the building , and ready to jump , the air was cold against my face , it swirled by and for once i felt free , as the voices stopped , faster and faster i fell , then pavement , but now that begs the question , where did all this come from , and to be honest , i 'm not sure what happened , but it happened before i hit , the next thing i knew , i was somewhere in a field , the sun was bright on my face , so bright in fact , it hurt , i got up and i looked around , the field was magnificent , i could n't believe what i was seeing , i stood up and breathed , the fresh air drove me crazy , it was like being in a new world , then a voice spoke up again , in my head , they told me i was a long way from home , and that i was now a part of their world , i blinked and it was gone , from there visions flooded my head , some good , others not so much , they showed me things , like the cave had done , only this time , it was far different , the visions , told a story unlike anything i 'd seen , they only took 30 seconds a piece it seemed , the stories showed pictures of death , despair and anger , people who killed , and destroyed the world , they knew , then finally it went black , and the visions stopped , it was like i was asleep , and now all of these thoughts , i 've recapping it all , i 'd like to think that i 'm dead , i 'd like to think it 's over , i 'd like to think that i 'm waiting , for the end , but that all seems like wishful thinking , april 's poem a day challenge april 1 , 2012 the fool is welcomed to follow , the path that has been laid , but the twist and turns along the way , will do nothing but confuse him , as he looks for the rainbow , that seems to have eluded him for years , where he finds himself next , is a question that , only he can answer .