Kismet's Plumbing

Kismet's Plumbing
By the Collapsar

The rat is adrift
Through the currents of a murky stream
Along the path of an enclosed metal corridor
Sliding under the pitch black darkness
It does not know how it got there
It does not know where it is
It's only concerned of where it is going
even if darkness blinds its way

The rat is swimming
As the stream pulls it faster towards a fork in the corridor
the right path leading to darkness, while the left leading to a light
does it go left in hopes it is freedom's light?
or does it go right, thinking the light is flames of scalding water
or a path leading it down a waterfall outside
if the path is wrong does it use its energy to desperately try to swim back?
or does it accept its path and continue to endure?

The rat is drowning
As the stream grows deeper pulling the rat under
does it have the energy to keep its head above the water?
does it have the endurance the keep its breath held much longer?
or will it convserve its energy and let the currents carry it further
and hope the currents becomes shallow once more?
And if it reaches the end of the corridor, will its destination be what it wanted?
or will it go back, adrift in the stream once more for the thrill or go for a new destination?