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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