Fighting Words

Fighting Words

It's a jungle here, inside my brain
So many voices, demons to tame
Tell me what to do and how to act
Haunting the deepest corners of my mind
They like it when I hurt myself
Self-mutilating was my thing
They grasp every ounce, of my life
I fight back their words, with every strife
So many things swim inside my head
Count this, hurt that, I wish they were dead
They've been there all of my life
Like an old shoe worn thin
They like to play dirty jokes
Tell me I'm normal and I can be free
Lies, they tell me, to fuck with my brain
You're good enough, there's nothing wrong with you
Ha! I tell them, you can't fool me
I know myself and I can see
I'm still a little girl, trapped in a dream
With an inner smile, that wants to beam
So I go on with these demons In my bed
On we go, till I'm rotting and dead

Chelley Bean Poetess