Billet-doux to a Monster

 

Thanks for the nightmares,

Thanks for the fear,

For the broken reflection I see in the mirror.

Thanks for the ever-weeping wounds

Oozing through white hot nights...

Nights when sleep escapes me,

When I’m in your grasp,

And there is no greater pain than a memory. 

 

Thank you for the stillness

After the tears are spent,

For firing the vessel

And steeling it against lesser winds. 

Thank you for showing me first the worst,

So all that remains is only the better.

Thank you for the knowledge that

Hell has no chains and everyone can fly,

And freedom is a state of mind

But also a choice.