I look around all I see is the darkness
Feel the ghost of the demons I tried to bury so deep inside
Fighting to show the world their wrath
A wrath that’s been tamed for eight years to the count

Competing with the positive
Overbearing with the negative
Sneaking outside putting anger where it does not belong
Making it impossible to carry on
I took the road less traveled by
Still wondering if that did me any good

Close my eyes take a deep breath
Only to realize the walls are closing in on me
Those breaths getting steadily harder to take
The demons are winning
Strangling me from the inside

I’m beginning to blackout
Images of the past are bombarding me
Forcing me to relive moments I wish I could forget
The darkness
The fear
The anger and hatred
Begin to rise and bubble in my very core

That’s when it hits
I can beat this
Kill the demons that are killing me
Kill them with the only thing I know strong enough

Hope

With a thought the darkness begins to fade allowing light in once again
With a change of heart breath becomes easier to take
With a smile the demons let go of their hold and for the first time in years I’m free

That’s when I realized
Those demons
Those demons that made my life misery for so long
Were truly my only of sense of hope