She strode through the woods, eyes blazing with fire.
She be unqualified? It filled her with ire.
Such thoughts scorched her mind as she blazed right on,
They danced and they whispered in a treacherous song.
Forgive me, dear reader I have jumped the gun!
I started in the middle, why did she feel so shunned?
They had a free day, Ol’ Beth, Uggs, and Gary,
To do as they pleased, and take a break from the scary.
There were many ideas, then Gary had a good one:
Why not relax and soak in the sun?
They could build giant castles, or maybe make new friends,
(Which has far greater returns than any stock’s dividend).
Agreed, they set a course and hollered “Anchors Aweigh!”
Then Ugs set the ship flying with the colors on display.
Once up to 35,000 feet Beth approached Ug’s chair,
“Think I could take the wheel for a bit while the sky is still fair?”
Ugs’ body shook, she laughed so hard,
And Gary joined in, hearing the quirie from afar.
“What?” asked Beth, completely stunned,
To which her siblings laughed harder, thinking it all good fun.
“No way you can fly!” Gary ironically chortled
To which, out of her nose, up milk Ugs snorted.
Pride deeply stung (and rightly so),
Beth lunged for the wheel as if shot from a bow.
She and Ugs wrestled so hard, as sisters oft’ do,
That the helm broke, sending the ship spinning down out the blue.
As the vessel crashed into a woods so dark,
Off the deck Beth was flung far from the mark.
So here we find her surrounded by thoughts so loud,
Its like voices were actually speaking; making sound.
In fact they were real, it was Malum’s snakes disguised
By the leaves and the trees trying to poison her mind.
They played with her feelings, accusing her of the fall,
Telling her she was worth absolutely nothing at all.
Which turned her anger to what her siblings had said.
Indeed, their words were wrong, and certainly misled.
In fact, they had hurt her far more than they thought,
And the more Beth was spinning the more destruction could be wrought.
Suddenly she stopped. Something caught her mid-stride.
A warm glow was emanating from her pocket inside.
It was her lantern, the gift from above,
Worn down from good use and affectionate love.
She remembered the note, and how it saved her before.
Than realized her predicament, as she was lost for sure.
Standing still she calmed down and took a deep breath,
And realized the crash could have meant her loved ones’ death.
She could not trust her senses, she had wandered without looking.
So she held up the lantern and hoped it might show her good footing.
As she held it aloft the snakes suddenly appeared
Then scattered by the light they so greatly feared.
She began walking true as the lamp led her onward
To a clearing on far back behind and downward.
The ship was in tatters and her friends aboard lying still,
Yet all three hearts had remaining life, grit, and will.
With doubts in her mind, she approached the wheel,
And grabbed hold of the shards attached by steel.
The ship started to rise, shakily but sound,
Out of the clearing, searching for a medic in a nearby town.
The doctor nursed back their health, as she worked on the ship,
Learning to fly better, she even once tried a flip!
Her siblings recovered and were impressed by her efforts,
They began taking turns so they all could get better.
Beth would have moments of pride and her siblings of doubt,
But they grew in affection and would less frequently pout.
Anything is possible they would come more to see
And each realized that the only thing in the way would be me.
Their pride, anger, or envy might sometimes distract them,
But could rely on each other to help return in the end.
She certainly didn’t need them, nor them her,
But from each other they could always achieve more.
So as their bodies healed from the crash and the ship was repaired
So too did their hearts and minds grow more fair.
Beth most of all grew from her vicious battle
With her own thoughts and those black creatures that rattled.
She could appreciate her strengths, weaknesses, and dreams,
Knowing she could always support or rise up to any unknowing need.
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