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Jan 2018
You can't hide from me, I am with you, you can't escape me because I am you. I am your favourite memories & your demons. I am the battles in your head & heart, I am the feelings you're struggling with, that are threatening to tear you apart.  

I know your darkest fears, everything you've ever felt. I am the pain behind your eyes, the sorrow in your soul, I'm the one forcing you to hold on, just by a thread I could break the line but I keep you there instead.

You can feel me, you're trying to fight me goodluck to you I take time to beat I'm the tears you cry, the helplessness you feel, I can bring you to your knees should I choose to, but the longer the struggle the stronger I'll get & the weaker you feel & I have the advantage because I'm always with you, you have to learn how to ignore & not to listen.

I am both the darkest & brightest parts of your mind, the rage you're trying to keep inside, precious moments when your smile is real I am both giver and taker, because I allow you these moments then ****** them from you.

I'm the one pulling you into the dark, playing with your emotions the ache you feel but can't describe eventually if allowed I will take your life. I am the voices from the past still echoing in your ears, hitting replay on all the taunts & the names, it's easy for me to do as you never really disbelieved them anyway.

I'm the one keeping you tounge tied the silence that takes over any time you feel youre losing control I am your ending goodluck with your recovery I'll be back very soon & when I do you physically won't want to move.

You'll feel me coming on when your only emotion is tiredness you've worked yourself up, learnt to hold it in but you will explode leaving a mess that will be crippling. I am the reason you can't sleep, why you can get hysterical randomly or suddenly get the urge to run, hide & weep.

Only you can fight me, as much as your loved ones try because the fight is on the inside. So why don't you get up & try? if I don't end you you may at least get a free period before the next time. I'll keep coming as long as you're an easy target, ever heard the saying the worst monster lives within? You are you're own worst enemy, only you can stop me. But the truth is I am you, so what really can you do?

Slowly but surely shut people out, they'll get sick of you & walk away anyway that's what I keep telling you. You're crazy, you're a mess & a freak stop bringing others down with you. People you care about yet you bring nothing good to, these are the thoughts I continue to feed you. Stop being such an issue everyone has enough of their own, the world's not going to change for better any time soon so shut up & learn how to cope.

This battle won't go away, don't be naive when I allow you a good day. I'll turn the tables back faster you'll have a good period but worst always comes after, I am you & you are me, you are my prisoner, your voice is drowned out now no one wants to hear you, really you're not trying because without me what are you? I'll tell you - nothing.

I am you, the anger, the hurt, the pain inside you still carry on your shoulders, everything bad leads back to you, right. But despite your self value being at an all time low others still see something in you, they're your hope, they're the ones you love/ trust & care for, more so than yourself, they're the reason, even me as the darkness within you is saying try & fight, you're not done.

Learn to let go or I will consume you & all that is good, trust in those around you, who care for you & though you'd rather they only saw your smile, they help you when you're close to tears, believe in them & what they see. Don't be fooled I'll come back for you, I am your dark side I'll be here your whole life, but you're too young, there's still so much for you. Those you love keep the fight alive, even when you feel weak there is a fire lit within you, there is no hiding, no running but you will stand your ground, not for yourself because to you these people mean more, so I'll put it simply, fight or watch as I take it all...
hayley Leeds
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