shadow0071

You ask me, 'what is courage?' Courage is seeing the hail of fire that surrounds you; The flashes of light that blind. Projectiles that score flesh and bone, Sending red rivers splashing through the sky. Courage is seeing all of that and staying on to fight, Simply because there are those who cannot.

You ask me, 'what is courage?' Courage is seeing the hail of fire that surrounds you; The flashes of light that blind. Projectiles that score flesh and bone, Sending red rivers splashing through the sky. Courage is seeing all of that and staying on to fight, Simply because there are those who cannot.

There's a story I'd like to tell, A story of a girl who was diagnosed. Diagnosed with a terrifying thing, Something that would threaten her life for years to come. Something that she could never escape, No matter how she ran, No matter how she struggled. This diagnosis was a horrific thing to the girl, Although, not surprising at all. The symptoms had swallowed her for days, Weeks, Months. Months of this thing inside of her. This thing that we call Depression. There are people who tell her, "You're only sad." However, that isn't the case. See, she was never diagnosed with sadness. Everyone knows sadness. She was never diagnosed with emo