the spaces in between

 in the beginning words are what we make

to fill the spaces that fall in between

the known and human and the dark unseen

void that is home to dragon and to snake

that place of horror where the old gods wake

to force us all to say just what we mean

or else keep silence in that last unclean

home of our hopes there's no room for mistake

what we have found is that the ends are true

but all the roads that take us up deny

the honest vista that could salve the soul

permit clean breath or show one perfect clue

enough for even you to crush the lie

and so arrive at the long-wanted goal