rage demon

 
internal strife rife with hunger
inside dwells a woman full of anger
to snuff it out and quell the rage is my desire
but it burns an everlasting flame with a will of its own

rising to the top within me
one careless slip and it's rolling from my tongue
burning all in its path
it triggers an angry response then it pulls back

lurking in the shadows of the unknown
I'm unsure if it's my own
it burns me too with its scorn
an unwillingly victim to the feeling
I try and escape it, I try to outwit it

a demon of large proportions
internalizing my thoughts
looking for a weak moment then strike
it is cunning, it is cruel
I'm too smart to feel this dumb

it cuts me then leaves me for dead
I linger in the ashes of friends
wondering when it will rise again
then poof and vanish back to the darkness