there's a monster brooding in my stomach
sprawling its claws everywhere
numbing my voice box
poisoning my words
piercing my lungs
eating my heart
reaching up to my brain and impaling it sharply
its presence is ravishing through my body
coursing through my veins
replacing the blood flowing through my body
with icy cold shards
my body twitches
with every twang of anger it feels
for some people, this monster is a fair-weathered friend
who comes and goes as it pleases
for me,
this terrifying creature,
with its foreign rage,
its dastardly nature,
its feigned heart,
this monster is me
Oct 14, 2018
Oct 14, 2018 at 10:43 AM UTC
there's a monster brooding in my stomach
sprawling its claws everywhere
numbing my voice box
poisoning my words
piercing my lungs
eating my heart
reaching up to my brain and impaling it sharply
its presence is ravishing through my body
coursing through my veins
replacing the blood flowing through my body
with icy cold shards
my body twitches
with every twang of anger it feels
for some people, this monster is a fair-weathered friend
who comes and goes as it pleases
for me,
this terrifying creature,
with its foreign rage,
its dastardly nature,
its feigned heart,
this monster is me
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