Come inside
proceed if you dare
But from the moment you enter
it will consume you with fear
You keep it locked tightly
Like a door with no key
For good reason too
It's not a nice place to be
So you push it all down
muffling the sound
Trapping it helplessly
muted and bound
Until the day you're exhausted and it's eagerly awakened
Then it swiftly erupts to your mental degradation
It wickedly smiles
You convince yourself it's a delusion
Then it blissfully chuckles
knowing it's an arrogant conclusion
It's resilient
It's scathing
Once you relinquished your power
It gorged on your fragility
Your sanity feasted on and devoured
When at last, you're a shell
And you don't know who you are
It morphs your identity
renders you withered and scarred
And just as it's grinning about to capture it's prize
Somehow, deep inside
you find the strength to survive
You're no longer vulnerable
You're enraged and empowered
It was foolish to think you'd fold
like a coward
You fight back, stand your ground
don't tap out and cower down
And as it sobs from the battle
you have it down for the count.
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