You

You are a monster,

tailored perfectly for me.

You exist solely for my destruction.

You torment me with your lies

and distorted philosophies.

You feed me with your thoughts.

You poison me with your curses,

polluting my mind with your shade of evil.

 

You are my ultimate definition of hell

and you hold me captive in your abyss.

You refuse to free me from your grasp

for I am your favorite prisoner.

You delight in my vulnerability,

my faint resolutions,

my vain attempts to escape.

 

You applaud my falls,

taking every error

as a chance to condemn me.

You laugh at my virtues

and you question my beliefs.

You take pleasure in my cries of agony;

my screams are music to your ears.

 

You wipe away every memory of bliss,

draining me of life,

emptying me of myself.

You strip me off of my heart

in your desire to make me be like you.

You are my monster, my enemy.

I am you and you are me.

Author's Note

Thank you for reading! :)

Reviews

[Angel]

Oh, Satan is an excellent student of human nature!! He knows our every weakness...yes, even better than we do!! He will catch hold of every negative thought that drifts through our minds, and magnify it, bringing it back to the forefront of our brains, over and over again...
Oh, yes...there is a nasty monster inside all of us...born of our own greed, our own jealousy, our own pride...
That is why we need a Savior!! And now, with the Lord by my side, I have the means to fight that inner demon. Oh, it is a hard demon, indeed...and as much as I would love to say that I have won every battle with it, that would be a lie...

But I'm ahead by a fingernail!!

[Azure Montessa (Blue)]

Haha, thanks, Angel! ;)

[Ankit Mahar]

So true and meaningful .Yeah we all have a monster hidden somewhere inside us .Thanks a lot for sharing blue .

[Azure Montessa (Blue)]

Thank you, Ankit!! ;)

[WILDERNESS]

Yes , a good poem to unmask the monster having our own face ............... liked it

[Azure Montessa (Blue)]

I'm honored. Thank you so much! ;)

[WILDERNESS]

Do care to read 'W***e' I wrote sometime back ................

[Keith]

A wonderful write Blue. You have an exceptional talent for describing our inner human thoughts. We all have one of those little monsters inside, but from the outside I see a confident talented poet. Keith.

[Azure Montessa (Blue)]

Haha, my inner demon seems to contradict, Keith! ;) Anyway, thank you so much! You know how to lift my spirit. :)

[anxia]

I am so very glad I came across this. I have been struggling to fight off this persistent monster since so long. Sometimes I doubt if I ever can. I only figured it out a short while back . I loved the entire poem, each and every line. Fine ending. Thanks for sharing.

[Azure Montessa (Blue)]

I've been struggling with this inner demon for quite some time, too. Good luck on yours! I know that you can win the battle. Thanks so much for this review. ;)

[anxia]

I can only hope. Thanks for the encouragement. You are very welcome.

[Dhaye]

Sometimes the biggest enemy of someone is himself, isn't it? When he want to do something for his progress, and yet his fear and confusions hinder him to do so...
Ah, that inner monster of us. Learn to control it, or else it will really control you.

Nice presentation, sis. Very remarkable.

[Azure Montessa (Blue)]

Thanks, Ate. My inner demon is at its worst these days. I got to learn how to do karate or Kung Fu. :)

[OTownPete]

Wow, for a moment there I was sure that you were writing about my ex-wife. Powerful stuff here. Your friend in words, Pete

[Azure Montessa (Blue)]

Lol. Pete. Was it a joke? You just made me laugh here. :)

[wordwarrior]

Wow! Yes I think we all have a bit of that monster within us and there are times when that gleeful darkness seems to take hold and give us a right thrashing. It's a constant battle of the inner good versus the inner evil and I think we all have that and always need to be vigilant.
A thought provoking poem for me, showing the darkness. Well written

[Azure Montessa (Blue)]

I bought a book entitled "Discovering the Writer Within" and I was fascinated by the writing exercises. One of them is "Conquer whatever it is that prevents you from writing a piece." So I wrote this poem for my inner demon. ;) Thank you, Wordwarrior. And thanks for my latest award. :)

[MsJewel]

Dark and powerful! Very well written.

:) Julie

[Azure Montessa (Blue)]

Thanks as always, Miss Julie. :)