A twisty tale between irony and truth

Enjoy

"What is that!"

"Relax," I told my mind

whatever it is

will make itself known in time

Knock, knock came resounding through my head

"What ho! Who lays there? Better be quick to talk

or I'll take you captive and shoot you dead!"

"It's me, Mr. Worry. Nothing to fear,"

came the quiet and lucid reply.

"Allow me to rest and warm my bones

for it is cold and dark out here."

Rising from my book and wine

I approached the keyhole 

with gun in hand and 

cautious in mind.

Tiptoe, tiptoe

hold, pause, resume again

I went to gather

whatever a gander could lend.

Peeking through the keyhole

at Mr.Worry my eyes were met

by a whole multitude of shadowy forms

I recognized a few from before:

Mr. Doubt, General Distrust, Deacon Religion

Mr. Worry, the speaker,

with Mr. Fear in tow

followed by Mr. Death and Sir Coldness, (just to name a few)

"Mr.Worry," I yelled through the door,"Are you alone?"

I have little room to spare you see

and that's the only way I can let you in

to rest and warm your bones."

I saw some shuffling in the ranks and files

Mr. Worry pushed a hunched

and unassuming figure forward with

a perfect face of darkness and devious smile

"Yes I'm quiet alone out here...by myself." (here I heard and saw some figures chuckle)

The figure said somewhat coaxingly, 

"So please allow me in

to regain my strength and recover my health."

"I know that voice from anywhere! It's Lil' Lie!

Trying to pull a fast one on me again are we?

I've allowed you and your gang once and twice before

enough for me to know your tricks this time!

I did a little looking by and by so see who has the job

of kicking you and your cronies

with all your tricks, games, and shame

out of my head, out of my thoughts."

A hand rested strongly, softly upon my shoulder.

"Lord! You scared me there," I exclaimed.

"Here are the guys I was telling you about,

Lil' Lie in front, Mr. Worry over there."

My God, he moved quick to work

slicing and dicing with his sword

till none was seen nor were heard.

He posted watch outside the door all night

and stayed there throughout the day

taking captives by the throngs

sending them away

allowing me to rest and work 

sometimes on the weekends relax and play

with overall strength in my heart and peace in my mind.

I must remark, upon reflection

that this warrior 

is better than that one that

Deacon Religion tried to offer.

I recommend Him 100% of the time.

Reviews

[ScaryTrees]

this is cool
maybe some tweaks to release the flow, but such a cool concept
nice man

[Victoria Scott]

Very well done! The rhyming sort of stopped rhyming in the longer paragraphs but who cared! The story was brilliantly told ;)

[Placid Stranger]

So very creative. A comforting aspect as well. My favorite of the day. Well done!