[poetry] My Own Worst Enemy

[Dread Advocate]

I see him every day.

I look in the mirror

And hear him whisper lies into my ear.

He taunts me with the impossible

And smothers me in slander.

I listen to his incessant droning,

Knowing it to be nothing but false,

But it eats at my mind like a parasite.

I begin to believe his trash,

And circle the pain inside my soul.

Wandering this world,

Surrounded by love,

Yet feeling alone.

Wondering when will this torment end?

Shadows overwhelm me,

I begin to submit.

I thrash around blindly

With no hope of survival.

Then I feel your hand.

A warmth fills my heart as I grasp your wrist,

And you pull me out of the pit of frenzy.

Returning to the mirror,

I smash it with a mighty mallet.

Never again will I fall to the lies

Of my own worst enemy.

 

4/17/10