87th Street

I remember while on 87
Walking through that neighborhood
You said something about how you grew up there
Several branching cul-de-sacs
I feel my head racing
Thinking of all the different paths

I ask you why you brought me here
And you replied
"Don't you see all that farmland to the side?"
"Look down Lodgebush, then you’ll see
Something that I left for thee."
You giggled, but I didn't find it funny

You led me over to a plot of sand
Then handed me a shovel to dig a hole
And about three feet deep into the ground
I uncovered a wooden box with a lock
You told me to put the box on thе ground
And then took the shovel from my hand
And smashеd open the box with the spade end
And then pulled out a book of some kind

"You see, I know what they're looking for,"
You whispered as you handed me that book
I sifted though the pages and saw sigils throughout
You leaned in close and told me
"These symbols are powerful
And I can’t trust myself with them anymore."

"I think that they've been onto me
You know how they brought back Hadriel
These ancient sigils are what Kezef is after
I doubt that they know of you
So hide this book somewhere
You know that they won't find."

"Now go!" You told me. "Now run!"
"I don't think I can't hold back anymore
"They have to be on me!
I can't let them see you too
And I know you're probably confused
Look, I was confused too when my parents told me
I have faith in you. You're more clever than me
I know you’ll figure out what to do."

You said nothing else
As you sent me on my way
With a book in my hand
That I have to hide
I watch as you ran down a different road
I had no other choice
But to get out of that town
And find a place to secure this book