You've been trained to keep walls around your mind. That's just your way. But i'm here on the outside, and i want in! Please let me in. You're safe with me.

My goal for the day is to go emotionally numb.

I don't know what's wrong with me. Gloom hangs over me like the darkest cloud, and my smile is gone. I want to be invisible so i don't have to pretend anything.

I can't stop the tears now, so i sit alone in the dark and wait for them to subside. Surely they will eventually.

No matter how fast i run, it's not fast enough. I can never be good enough! The hard work which drains me so is insufficient. So tired, yet still more to do.

I crawl into my dark hole and hide. The tears fall unchecked. They call for me just outside, but i need the solace of release. I've been strong for so long!

The pressure ceases all-too-briefly, then recommences just as heavily as before. I cannot catch my breath, nor does the pain of overexertion subside. I am weak.

Can't find my happy dust today. :( My heart is sad.

War rages in my dreams, and insecurity haunts me by day. The silent tears wet my pillow yet again. I cannot find my forest, my solace, my bastion!

Rest a while, and catch your breath. The forest sings; stop and listen! Be refilled by the life that swirls around you.

Sweet solace calms my weary soul, and builds my armor against the sharp arrows of the world. Courage!