The Beast is Me

There is a darkness hidden in my mind

A part of me that you don't want to find

A monster, a fiend, something that is wrong

But I know that as it I am not as strong

To hold this beast inside I feel such shame

That it even exists, I must be to blame

I'm so frightened that it will fight its way free

The first person it will destroy will be me 

And there's nothing that I can do to hold it in

Soon it will escape and do naught but sin

It wants to make those that hurt me hurt too

But I don't want it to hurt any of you

I can't hold it back forever, I'm losing 

It's next victim it must now be choosing

Because I'm slowly losing ground to my beast

And it knows that it will destroy me at least

I feel without hope, he left me so confused. 

I know that the beast to destroy him will choose

For he hurt us worse than anything else

But I don't want him hurt, I, me, myself

But the beast I hide within me

Hates him for hurting us, can you see

The monster that hides behind my eyes

A creature that speaks naught but lies 

And loves nothing but destruction and pain

I can't let it out, not ever again

The horror of my monster must never be seen

I must pretend like it has never been

Hiding in the corners of my mind

Urging me towards darkness from the inside

Perhaps to hold such a monster, for it to be

Maybe the true beast is me.