Inner Demons

Inner Demons

I am alone, empty, filled by an ongoing plague,

A thick, eerie dark shadow,

Waiting, to pull me into a black hole,

That consumes my thoughts, my soul until I lose everything.

Trapped on the other side of the bridge between happiness and hell,

Stuck in this background of silence and fear,

Sad, lonely, broken, and complicated, living on the verge of break down,

I feel like a freak, a caged animal trapped behind walls and bars,

Where sorrow haunts me, closes in on me like a cold tomb.

It preys on my feelings, devouring me from the inside out,

Tormenting me, eating me alive,

Leaving me so completely taken over,

By the demons that hide in the crevasses of my mind,

I feel them clawing, pulling, burrowing into my very being.

Eyes behind blood red mechanical orbs - pierce me like daggers,

They erase every good memory with their voice of self-deceit,

Every syllable, every whisper seeps through the cracks within me,

Like blades upon my skin, I feel their cold fingers spill my blood,

And these destructive monsters slither into the void that I am surrounded by....

5/09/2017

 

Reviews

[‘Thoughts In Time..]

Just horrid when this is all around and you feel prey to these demonic forces- but it’s all a lie- don’t allow the mind to weaken- rise above- rebuke- return to sanity- choices if the mind away from mind games- oh the demons are thirsty to be fed by the weaknesses of man- but they cannot win- amazing understandings if the dark side- well written and true- 🌹

[Ghost]

Yes I am fighting my inner demons and I am gaining strength from fighting them.. Thank you for reading

[Coyote Poetry]

Powerful, honest and realistic words Ghost. Your poetry is real life and real thoughts. I do like your words and thoughts. Thank you for sharing the outstanding poetry.

Coyote

[Ghost]

Thanks again... Yes it is a real poem of the demons I face sometimes...

[Coyote Poetry]

You are welcome my friend.

[barleygirl]

Good imagery to show how this might feel. I feel you could pump up your word choices a little bit more . . . ex: "sad, lonely, broken, complicated" . . . these descriptions are overused to the point of being fairly meaningless . . . & using such trite expressions as you do, it makes a poem forgettable to me. I encourage you to branch out from this basic elementary stuff & find more imaginative ways to describe your well-chosen topics . . . "in a black hole" . . . "pierce me like daggers" . . . all this has been written a million times, over & over. Since you have been read-requesting me with many selections every single day, I feel you are opening yourself up to my truth. So if you don't want to hear it, stop RR'ing me so obsessively!

[Ghost]

I am sorry I overloaded you with my read requests... Thank you for reading them and commenting on them and I have taken your thoughts into consideration on helping me with my writes...

[barleygirl]

I'm sorry I was a bit hard on you. I was burned out from reviewing & now I've taken a break from this website, so I'm more refreshed. Forgive me for expressing myself too harshly (((HUGS))) Fondly, Margie

[sette]

fight the inner demons, don't let them conquer you. You now know where to stand and to whom to stand up with so make the best out of it.

[Ghost]

Thanks Lisette, I am fighting my demons I am working on trying to feel better... Thank you for reading

[sette]

and stay strong always earl