Goose bumps stain my skin
My eyes stain red from the tears I've shed
It never gets old, the fear
Of her leaving and not coming back
It wasn't just when she went into the games
But when she goes into the woods
But this was different
She knows those woods
And she's always had Gale there to protect her
But could he do the same
Or would the kind boy
Who used to sneak me candy
And sell my goats cheese in his bakery,
Could he go through it again?
Things had changed since they came back
I could see the new found fear in her eyes
Worries of hunger and death
Now replaced with the pain
Of keeping us alive
I could now see the sun shining
Through the smoke of our foggy district
My sister had brought hope
To our district
I had seen her soft side
I had seen her rage
I had seen all of Katniss
Something she never let anyone else do.
And I could see the anger in her eyes
As sparks fly across the arena
And the arena grows dark.
A rumbling fills the earth.
The shaking harder than the mines.
And there he is
Dressed in hard cotton
His face clouded in dust
I stand up the tears I used
To shed are way overdone.
My knees feel weak as I hold
The fat orange animal close to me
Light kisses the dark
The flames torturing us.
My mother slips over the line taking the cat
From me.
I rush back over the field help
My blue eyes meet the rebellions
And all I can think of is
That my sisters hope
Hasn't drained out already.
Because now
The only thing we can hold onto
Is
The
Hope.