Arcadia

Since everyone wants new members and new posts, fine. I'll write something.
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A small little boy with feathery brown hair

A bright golden heart but deep hurt in his stare

Caught in the hands of evil with someone who should love

His mother's faulty 'wisdom' did not come from above

There was only one thing that could keep this quiet boy sane

Despite, how in his mother's words, he was 'wasting his brain'

Only one thing to keep the storm in his eyes tame

This innocent young boy had always loved to game

The push of the smooth buttons with his nimble fingers

It was here, when he was hurt, he would always linger

The arcade was always there, holding together his life like tape

And it was here that he would find a great escape

One day while pushing buttons during a heated sword fight

The boy rose off the floor and was sucked into the light

His feet returned to the ground, but the floor was not the same

It was earthy and green and pixelated- just like in the game

In his hand he held a sword, its blade posessing a brilliant gleam

He was strong-unlike anytime else in his life, it would seem

But now the boy who cowered in the corner stood like a tall tower

And in place of the raging storm, his big brown eyes now held power

And so the boy ventured on his journey at the mercy of a game

But his pixelated predators could not defeat the boy with the much chanted name

It was an amazing escape for a boy trapped in despair

Who now held triumph in his eyes to fill his empty state

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I came up with this idea from a song my brother played in his car. The song featured the sort of music you would hear in video games, and I visualized a story to go along with the music. I envisioned a small boy- a victim of his mother's abuse- playing video games in his safe place, the arcade. Suddenly, the Bo is sucked into the game and becomes a heroic video game character, journeying through the game and defeating the forces that oppose him, giving him the strength and power he had never had in his normal life.