Shattered glass.

Broken mirror.

Bloody fingertips.

Fading red hair.

Start eating.

Stop eating.

Not enough or way too much.

Time is ticking,  

My dark shadow,

My demons.

Like wild dogs,

Foaming at the mouth.

Their master,  

The devil.

My dark shadow,

Holding them at bay.

Broken promises,

Are my doing.

There’s a secret kill,

They might be right,

My dark shadow.

The thing I fear most,

Falling prey to my demons.

The easy way out,

My dark shadows.

How do you,

Keep the monsters at bay,

When you have to fight them?

I fight them every day.

My dark shadow,

The past is never that far off,

The silence is haunting,

I hate hearing my own thoughts,

My dark shadow.

Feeling unloved,

Feeling worthless,

Feeling alone.

The easy way out,

My dark shadows.

How do you deal with your dark shadows

When you have to see them every day?

Frosting,

Sprinkles,

Blood,

Vomit,

Swirling.

The passage of time,

Something like a million heartbeats,

About 500 wasted just now.

What do you do when,

What you hate,

Is what you need?

What do you do when,

Your fears,

Keep you alive?