OctPoWriMo 2014: Day 25

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An Ode to Team Netherworld

My kindred spirits

Sometimes we worry too much

About what others think

Of the things we create

Who knows, maybe it's even true

That everybody else

Thinks our work is silly

Stupid

Ludicrous

Ridiculous

Twisted

Sick

They might cry that it isn't canon

Or that borrowing characters is the sign of an immature mind

Some have even said

That people who write the kind of stuff we do

Tend to be damaged individuals

So they write "shell" characters

Well, I say, maybe all that's true

But I counter it with this

I find the scenarios we create fascinating

Our characters, both original and borrowed, captivating

We create situations both zany and enchanting

Although many of us have given up on real life romance

We can't resist the magnetic pull

Of writing about two characters

Who become drawn to each other

In an irresistible dance

The magic may have gone out of many of our waking lives

Our souls crushed under the burden of debt

Of physical pain and emotional stress

Of bearing up under the weight of a lifetime of mental illness

There are no fairy godmothers for us

But we can be the fairy godmothers of our world

Maybe what we write is trite

Maybe nobody but us would want to read it

Maybe some would find us evil or stupid for loving magic

"This stuff could never happen," they say

"Come into the real world," they say

"Be more practical," they say

But we've seen the real world

And it hurts

And when it hurts we can opt to go deeper

Into that magical world of our own

~Spectra~

I love you guys so much.

Being part of our special world may literally have saved my life.

Thank you.

 Morgan Dragonwillow

Word Prompts:

Fascinating
Captivating
Enchanting
Magnetic
Irresistible