Music Of Famished Demons

Voices that keep telling me that I'll never be good enough.

I sway forth and back
in a swift drunken swirl,
Heart outweighs a rock
in a daggered chest,
Inebriated and staggering
The sun now a shiny gloom,
The mirror, now unsightly,
seems to mock me
but my eyes must stay dry.

Though I try to stay in tune,
I hear Music from beyond,
otherworldly,yet not so unearthly,
it is strange yet so familiar,
It lies in my spinning head,
A paroxysm of despair hits
like rash in an African summer,
Music of famished demons plays
and these minstrels tire not.

I lose the battle I never fought,
Give me the cure,
on grains,will I spend it,
For I want,but won't have,
I will,but cannot win
Shadows of a torn future reflect
and the ramblings in my head
eclipse the joy that once was,
as sanity drips from my sealed cup.

I strive for perseverance,
but what use is a thick skin
when your bones itch
and your blood burns?

'This is not just your imagination'
the mirror swears,
Waste not a second saving me,
but leave me with the Music,
Just give me a moment's peace
and let me drown it with silence.

Author's Note

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Reviews

[Oyindamola Shoola]

sometimes, it is not only peace from these demons that I desire but a confidence that my soul seems too weak to build....I love the third stanza especially...

[Oyindamola Shoola]

very good and well penned...

[Vidya Bacchus]

This has so much vivid detail here .I absolutely loved every line.

[Master K-tops]

Thanks so much,Vidya. Could you send read request to a few of your friends, please? I'm trying to increase the number of views and they seem to want to remain the same. Thanks in advance.

[Vidya Bacchus]

No problem people need to read your poems so sure :)

[Traci]

Excellent imagery, and portrayal of raw emotions. I can tell this was penned from the soul. The music plays feeding the demons of such thoughts.

"'This is not just your imagination'
the mirror swears,
Waste not a second saving me,
but leave me with the Music,
Just give me a moment's peace
and let me drown it with silence. "

Clarity is found in silence. Wonderfully penned... Amazing!

[Master K-tops]

Thank you so much.

[Master K-tops]

Could you please,send read requests for me? I'd appreciate it.

[Traci]

Will do :)

[Sami Khalil]

"ramblings in my head
eclipse the joy that once was,
as sanity drips from my sealed cup.

I strive for perseverance,'

You took us on a journey of thought and emotions. The music that keep playing in our heads to feed those famished demons of insecurity keep the chests with sharp daggers of pain...You have penned a very good one...:)............

[Master K-tops]

Thank you for the kind review.

[Sami Khalil]

My pleasure...Any time...:)......................

[Master K-tops]

And oh,please can you send read requests,I can't seem to get more views.

[Sami Khalil]

:)..............................