each day, or afternoon, as a fresh start flutters at my eyelids, my mind begins to race, and i am presented with a choice-- split right down the middle of my consciousness.
one half of me, growling and snarling, sees only the bad. he hears the demons in my home. he wears my insecurities as his own. he watches the fears i replay, they increase. he encourages my sadness, becomes my self-loathe. and as his arms encapture my own soul, i feel the melancholy press down, overwhelming me as i surrender.
the other half, shy but bright, sees only the good. she is the soundwaves that always wash away my tears. she shows me the first days of autumn. she laughs at the bad, and shows me the overwhelming good; waits for me to come to her, and then embraces my soul lovingly.
as these two halves battle in my brain, i must choose-- to be happy, or to be sad.