I can feel it building up inside me
It’s an animal fighting its way out
Trapped inside the cage of my chest
Ripping at my insides, clawing at my intestines
Biting me, I feel the force of it; he sends tremors through my body

The tears will start bleeding down my face, it’s hurting me
The first evidence of internal turmoil
I will break down, fall to my knees, and cover my face
There’s a hole in my chest
I’m bleeding out

A gut-wrenching scream will spill out of me
I’m falling apart at the seams, they all know it now
I cannot hide, bones are breaking; he’s tearing me to smithereens
From the inside out
Who is the monster which sleeps within me
I try to speak, but words won’t be spoken
They are blind, I don’t matter
I wish I knew
How to die, or better yet;
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