The Monster

I'm standing in front of you,

just trying to get through

all these feelings in my mind.

I have no idea; I'm blind.

Darkness covers me in shame,

but people think it's all a game.

Oh, help me get through all of this.

I'm loving everything I miss....

I'm seeing everything in slow-mo;

there isn't a place for me to go.

Ears ringing with the sounds of the crows,

as over my body they swoop low.

I'm dead meat walking, cold blood talking;

nobody answers despite my knocking.

Fear is stalking, pain is rocking;

and all I hear is voices mocking.

Shouting inhumanities coupled with profanities,

or am I the insane one in a world that's just begun

to crumble quickly, breaking soon.

Like a werewolf at the full moon

I'm turning into something new,

and something I don't want to go through.

Yet here I am, in darkness still.

All of these thoughts inside, I spill.

I'm standing in front of you,

just trying to get through

all these feelings in my mind.

I have no idea; I'm blind.

Darkness covers me in shame,

but people think it's all a game.

Oh, help me get through all of this.

I'm loving everything I miss....

The darkness has begun to fight, see,

it's very, so angry with me and we

have no idea where to run or hide.

We spend every morning safe inside.

But how can you hide from something in you?

If it's a monster, but it gets through

anything you try to use to fight it.

Any poetry, rhymes; they will spite it.

There's nothing to stop it, and nothing to halt it.

It's just a monster; a monster assaults it.

I hunt the monster night and day

but cannot injure it in any way.

I'm standing in front of you,

just trying to get through

all these feelings in my mind.

I have no idea; I'm blind.

Darkness covers me in shame,

but people think it's all a game.

Oh, help me get through all of this.

I'm loving everything I miss....

So now I take my final stand,

rampaging forth, looking grand,

holding onto to every hand

while the monster's already planned.

I cover back into the dark,

wishing I could find a spark,

but here we go again today.

I try with poetry to sway

the effect it has on me.

Turns out I can't stop it, see,

this evil monster has already

made it's home inside my mind.

And now with chains of death it binds....

The monster is me... The monster is me... The monster is me... The monster is me... Will you stay with me?... The monster is me... The monster is me... Will you stay with me?

The monster is me... The monster is me... The monster is me... The monster is me... Will you stay with me?... The monster is me... The monster is me... Will you stay with me?

The monster is me... The monster is me... The monster is me... The monster is me... Will you stay with me?... The monster is me... The monster is me... Will you stay with me?

The monster is me... The monster is me... The monster is me... The monster is me... Will you stay with me?... The monster is me... The monster is me... 

I'm standing in front of you,     The monster is me...

just trying to get through Will you stay with me?

all these feelings in my mind. The monster is me...

I have no idea; I'm blind. Will you stay with me?

Darkness covers me in shame, The monster is me...

but people think it's all a game. Will you stay with me?

Oh, help me get through all of this. The monster is me...

I'm loving everything I miss.... The monster is me!

You cannot stay with me.

Author's Note

Manic.

Reviews

[Riley Justine]

The use of repetition in this poem is very well done. I love the strong emotion as well. Awesome job!

[Not here]

thank you :) i appreciate it

[Corbin Driver]

I like the intense feeling I this, and also the repetition. This is a dark but very strong poem.

[Not here]

thank you corbin :) and i liked writing it. i felt very emotional about it

[Coyote Poetry]

This is good. I like the frantic and desperate feel of words. The repetition gave strength and purpose to the poetry. I like the honest tone and strong thoughts. I had to read again. Thank you for sharing the excellent poetry.
Coyote

[Not here]

thanks coyote :) always one of my faithful readers

[Coyote Poetry]

You are welcome.

[The Waterlily Pad]

Definitely creatively intense 😉. You worked on your creativity skills well here to express a dillusional person's mind... The formatting it's self, attracts the thought! Superb. You even described some of the deceptions that would cross the person's mind, you capture the emotions in a tangled web to give the effect... It's brilliant, keep it up 😚

[Not here]

thank you :) and i speak from experience cause sometimes i feel like that

[The Waterlily Pad]

U can tell.. I guess that's what makes it easier to write about some feeling specifically

[Not here]

yeah i agree

[AaronFreitas]

I like the creativity in this write Dante... It's got a nice darkness to it that I enjoyed :)

[Not here]

thanks :) im glad you enjoyed it

[closed]

super intense
i felt every word bleed through the page

its as if this poem were screaming at the audience

wow

[Not here]

thanks dream :) thats what i wanted to express

[andrew mitchell]

We all have the potential to be monsters, whether drugged induced or having a number or personalities or as they say paranoia is just total awareness! Nice write!

[Not here]

thanks :) i appreciate it

[Stan Lee]

Scary. You're great at this scary stuff. I found one mistake maybe? "holding onto to every hand"
Everything else perfect as usual. Well done Dante.

When the monster is identified
When you know where it likes to hide
When you know where you'll sight it
That's when you can start to fight it
Go forth into battle now brave knight
I wish you the best in your fight.

[Not here]

thanks you smiley face :) i like your lil poem there

[Willard Wells]

I am not manic, but from ADHD can see the same feelings, but as I have expressed in my work, it is a controlled situation. Many of the afflicted in the family of manic have no control and are challenged each day just to survive. Keep the faith and keep writing. Good therapy.

[Not here]

thanks you willard for all of your reviews :)

[TalesOFaMadman]

This poem is perfect for a madman :) .

[Not here]

thanks :) i agree