THE WAR WITHIN

The demon is lurking in the shadows,

Waiting to come out…

To be unleashed and shout.

She managed to obscure it for a while,

Hiding it beneath the mask and a smile.

It’s getting stronger with each passing hour,

She’s fighting with all her power.

The roars are getting louder, drowning her own voice.

It’s taking every inch of her to ignore that noise.

The demon’s peeping through her broken pieces.

She has started looking tired and worn out with sharp creases

Adorning her face.

Looks like she’s losing the battle and getting lost in the maze.

But how did the demon become parasite of her soul?

It was conceived within her and is part of her whole.

Broken dreams and silenced thoughts gave birth to the fetus,

Growing with the help of insecurities that society constantly feeds her.

It’s eating her up, destroying her until nothing survives,

One more body walking without any hint of glazing fire in those eyes.