Dark Passenger

He's the passenger beside me

One hand on the wheel

Refusing to leave me be

He rides with an eerie appeal

A shadow body and red eyes to see

He's always riding shotgun

And he's enjoying the ride

Although he hates the sun

He's become my closest, and only, ally

Because there's no where to run

On a day where the sun shines

He'll show his true menacing self

With a roar, he'll throw down the blinds

The rage is enough to kill oneself

Because I don't want anyone else to find

Find the darkness in my passenger or

Should I say the darkness in me

Because it's like a never ending war

But I'll never let anyone else see

The dark passenger pounding on my door

He wants to take the wheel

And sometimes I start to lose control

Because I like the way the rage feels

So I convince myself he makes me whole

But hide it cause I know it doesn't appeal

I never let him in the driver's side

In fact, I'm scared to let him do it

Because I know he'll derail and crash the ride

And cut all my "progress" into tiny bits

I guess me and him will always collide

But it makes me think and worry

If we'll just go around and around

Or I'll lose and everything will go blurry

Then the Dark Passenger will hold me down

While this car is driven by his fury

My Dark Passenger

My Closest Friend

My Closest enemy

My soul

Will it even be out of me?

Reviews

[Ashinna]

this is awesome! kind of reminds me of dexter

[MoriartyMesa]

Sort of reminds me of a song https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Od3xNV0rew

[Frontier]

"He's always riding shotgun
And he's enjoying the ride
Although he hates the sun
He's become my closest, and only, ally
Because there's no where to run" - this stanza made me think its about a close, but dysfunctional relationship, but in the back of my mind I thought this dark passenger may be the speaker himself, and yes! I was right, as I kept reading.
haha I like how you put it as "progress". Do we ever really progress?

Dark write, the only thing I see is this part "He wants to take the wheel
And sometimes I start to lose control
Because I like the way the rage feels
So I convince myself he makes me whole
But hide it cause I know it doesn't appeal" maybe make the stanza flow better?

[Ian Faraway]

Hmmm. Thanks. I'll go back and take another look at it and see what I can do. Thanks for the feedback!

[audrie]

I suppose that everyone has a dark passenger - the question is are people even aware that they have a dark passenger - I think that the dark passenger is inevitable when living in this dark, dark world. thanks for sharing

[Robbie~xoxo~]

What a twisted ending!! O.O
You depict the passenger so eerily!...I don't think I can go to sleep after this one...I believe I have to read something lighthearted next. lol :P

Well penned!~xoxo~:)

[Ian Faraway]

The title says it all, missy. Dark Passenger wasn't going to be at the park playing at a Family BBQ, laughing, and having a ball. He's dark. He doesn't have time for that. :P

[Robbie~xoxo~]

I can see!.. evil lurks! Muahahahahaha!

[Ian Faraway]

Is evil a gene? Can I blame genetics? lol

[Robbie~xoxo~]

Um... I don't think you can rationalized that one... I doubt it!...:P