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The Beast

A conversation with the inner strength we all have.

"Hello, it's been awhile."

"What are you doing here?"

"I've come to set you free."

"Free? Hahaha, You must be joking me."

"No, I'm not."

"BUT YOU WERE THE ONE WHO PUT ME IN THIS PRISON!"

"I know. I apologize for that."

"You think a mere apology is going to win my forgiveness?"

"No, but I think what I have to say next will."

*Breathes deeply*
"Speak your piece then boy."

"All those years ago, when I locked you away. I did it for the wrong reasons."

"What would those reasons be?"

"I thought I didn't need you. I thought love could guide me to my destiny."

"Well the love that you thought could guide you was the wrong love."

"I know, I know, I've been thinking a great deal lately, coming to plenty of realizations."

"Then what is it you realized?"

"I realized that, using the love for someone else to guide you to your destiny is foolish. It is only a great deal of self love that could lead a person to their true destiny."

"& what is it that made you realize all of this?"

"Not Loving myself to the fullest degree, putting other people and their dreams, goals, or even just mediocre task before my own."

"Now that you have become wiser, now that you have grown older, why is it that you need me?"

"Well...because... all these years, I used to think you were bad. I thought using love would do the trick, but without you I am incomplete. I need you. We need each other."

"Hahaha, I do not need you boy. I live in every single person that walks on this planet. I surely do not need you."

"Hmph, that may be true, You may live in each person, you may exist in every living thing, but what does that matter if they all have you locked away as well?"

"Go on."

"See, I'm not here as your commander, I'm not here as your owner, I'm here to be your partner. To walk along side you. To let your fierce nature, and my gentle nature balance each other out. I need to be ruthless, but I also need to be caring. With you, with your power, I can feed you more, make you stronger, then maybe we can set you free in other people. Make them realize what it is they have inside them. Apart of me makes the lies that are holding me back. Apart of me clings to those false truths. Apart of me is to scared to move forward. I need you, I need your will, I need your strength, I need your roar. So what do you say?"

*Breathes deeply*
"I say, "*ROARS*"
"I devour the lies you feed me with. With each one my roar will get stronger, being able to take down even the strongest of let downs. It will get faster, for as quick as the lies come out, they will be devoured by my might. & lastly, when we reach the end of all of this, OUR roar, will be one that will be respected as well as feared."

"So now what?"

"I devour the lies, you feed the beast."