When Dorothy was a child she started building a castle with bricks of yellow and blue; But how could she have known that someday soon Each one will be broken in two.
The bricks consisted of ideas and thoughts, colorful dreams, love, bit of fairy dust as well; And as the construction was growing she made a decision: “This will be my kingdom, dwell in it I shall.”
She felt happy in her sunny fortress Dancing in the rain and sleeping on the clouds; Until a strange figure harshly knocked on her door Saying she must not live there anymore.
Lifeless grey eyes piercing through her soul as she was offered a hand skinny and cold; She heard a whisper which sent shivers down her spine: “Come, you need to meet some friends of mine.”
At first she refused, always coming back to Her Kingdom, which was now falling apart; She tried to rebuild dreams that turned into nightmares Failure continuing to deepen the hole in her heart.
She fell from clouds on a bed of nails she currently sleeps on She barely has energy to breathe; Locked up behind bars of her own mind Ailing, lost bird unable to fly.
She still lives in her castle though not as happy Bricks have been deprived of their bright colors Her eyes have become the clouds from which rain is pouring But she has forgotten how to dance, and there’s nobody to help her when she’s drowning.
Nowadays three figures never leave her side They paint the lens through which she sees reality; These three friends you may recognize since they go by names Twisted Society, Depression and Anxiety.
A short story of growing up, but more so growing upside down.