My mom says she's afraid of herself;
          Of the monsters deep within her.
     They claw at her inside in the day,
And their screams reverberate in her mind in  the night.
          I can't imagine the fright of not knowing who you are.
     The internal darkness that grabs hold of her very being.
I can't imagine the pain of having to be careful around the one person
          You can’t escape.
                                                   Yourself.

She says she's fine.
          That there's nothing bothering her.
     Nothing haunting her in the day,
Nothing killing her in the night.
          But she can't just wish them away;
     Can't win the battle.
She can't help herself anymore.
          She's trapped inside herself.
                        With no one to free her from her greatest oppressor.
            Herself.