You must pass

And merrily so, you must

This adventure dust has settled 

Head on home, you should

I will stay here, and stay lost

Hoping to be rendeded in some memory

I would ask for your staying

I could, but its chided by your insistance 

And so I will not

There is one bit that you must know

In previous versions, I left, yet never did

For I have been here, like brook and stream

Meandering, waiting, for your toes to dip in

Knowing full well, you leaving would knell

Shatter my soul, outdoing hell

When you reach, do turn back and wave

Watch the dust settle, as it showers the grave

Of your wish to have reanimated me

I'm back to the still-born, 

the universe deemed me to be