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The Monster Within

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don't hesitate when your gut instinct
is to turn around and run
in my presence

i wasn't always like this
i used to be far more tame
far less full of rage
far less full of contempt
far less full of despair
far less full of shit

but i have a way with failure
and creating a mess out of
everything that stands before me

and i've made many messes
since i was released
from my cage

i used to think that i
was a good person with
a streak of bad
staining my soul
but on my way
to cleansing it for good

now i know that the animal
inside of the cage
is who i truly am
not my efforts
to keep it there

anger has graced my lips
and it tastes sweeter
than honey

i'm not a monster
i'm the monster
that nightmares are made of
that tales derive from
that keeps you awake at night


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