If you don't know what Wattpad is, it's basically a digital platform for people to post their writing and for interested readers to check out a huge variety of novels, short stories, fan fiction and poetry for free! There's some really amazing stuff on there and, when I finish and edit it, I hope to serialize my novel there. That's a little ways off yet though, so for now, here's the poem that inspired the name of the blog. Hope you enjoy!
Everyday Dragons
6:30 am
The bedclothes pin me to the mattress
Comforting
Crushing
They conspire with my anxieties to hold me back
The decision to begin is an overwhelming one
But life awaits beyond this dark den
7:24 am
I am trapped by my own reflection
Enthralled
Imprisoned
But nowhere as noble as Narcissus
For I still seek my love for myself
In between blemishes and asymmetries
9:15 am
The mass of the city finally lurks before me
Imposing
Dangerous
Its silhouette devours the skyline
Fear and awe mingle as I stand in its shadow
And breathe in its stinking breath
11:25 am
My fear of time motivates me
Wasting it
Spending it
I weigh every action by the time it takes
And how I could better spend each moment
Every decision is found wanting
2:56 pm
Each injustice I witness scathes me
Inequality
Apathy
The battles that I win and the ones I lose
The wars I'm too afraid to wage
On ears that are voluntarily deaf
4:37 pm
My mind and body are pushed to the limits
Exhausted
Defeated
Pain mingles with relief and hope
I imagine heroes stronger than me
And it is their will that conveys me home
7:00 pm
At the end of the day I wrap myself in fiction
Wonder
Escape
The fantastic and the strange envelop me
I see myself reflected in ways no mirror could ever show
There is majesty and triumph even in the face of the beast
10:36 pm
I sleep well knowing these everyday dragons
Haven't conquered me yet.
