Sightless

Just something I came up with rather quickly. I'm not sure if I like it...

I have no eyes with which to see

no slippery sight to render thee.

I'd be at odds if left alone�"

as prudent sorrows encrust my throne.

But truly alone I’ll never be,

these demons grow alongside me.

They start as toddlers in a car

They stay near�" don’t wander far.

I feel their closeness in the dark,

Never believed they’d leave a mark.

But sweetness sours, hot as fire

my fears will fill their own desire.

I’m suffocating deep inside my pain

what destroys my soul becomes their gain.

These demons claw, and catch and bite�" 

they slice my mind with sightless flight.

For my demons are blind as well you see,

As sight would set their spirits free.

We threaten, we posture, we bear our teeth

Though no damage to the other inducts relief.

Chained to the floor, we writhe and gripe.

Though our wounds are not the jealous type.

See, my mind created these demons itself�" 

A sick experiment pursuing “self help.”

destined for misery, everything is black

we fight to the death to regain all we lack.

I’d be at odds if left alone�"

All my demons calcified into shards of bone

They’d pierce my mind, my soul, my heart.

I’d simply die if we were torn apart.

But truly alone, I’ll never be

For I am as much a part of them, as they are a part of me.

Author's Note

This is just something I threw together and isn't polished.

Reviews

[John the Baptist]

Very unique rhyming for a rush job. The tale is dark, but well put together.