FirelightRain

I silently sit Slipping off to slumber My old foes Come out to play Anxiety is the first to arrive With his rude breath and sinister bite He snarls in my ear “The future is so close Where will it lead you?” He has the smell of promises deprived Of all that could be But of all that could be taken away And then arrives fear Anxiety’s nasty brother Let me elevate your heart rate, dear Let me enter your body Let me take control of you Let me strip you of all you’re worth He slithers in to my soul and I grip my sheets His claws scratch at my hips. They tear and bleed. Rejection rapidly arrives He taunts “Who could

"Marth, wake up Marth. Marth? MARTH!!!!!!!!!!!" Marth slowly opened his eyes.  Who the heck is waking me up at 6:30 in the morning?!  He tiredly looked around until he locked his sights on the source of the noise. "Link! It's 6:30! And it's a Saturday!" "Yeah, and it's  also  the day that you brawl against Peach! So get your butt out of bed and get moving! Your match starts at seven!" It took a few seconds to sink into Marth's newly awakened mind. Marth fully opened his eyes as he took in what his friend had said. It was rare that he would ever have a match on Saturday, which was part of the reason he had forgotten, but the main reason he

Sitting by my open window Looking out at the big world The cold wind blowing against my skin As I stare at the star covered sky My fears hanging in the air around me The weight of the world pressing down hard on my shoulders When did it get there? It never used to be this heavy An open photo album on the floor Pictures of my parents holding a little girl She looks so happy Like she doesn't have a care in the world I remember her sitting in this room playing with her dolls My mother telling her stories about a magical land A place where you never had to grow up A place where you could stay little forever Sitting by my open wi