Tonight I saw within me, this demon hidden there.
Be this demon me? Or be it some other thing?

I fear its going to devour me.
Killing slowly from within.

The world would never know, that which had taken me.
This demon in me, so hungry, so dark, its fierce and scary.

Is it my fears about to consume me?
Or is it my will to live growing fierce and strong?

Which I knew if it was friend or foe.
For then I might be able let the fear go.

There are demons within all of us.
Each has their owns causes and reasons.

We must each face them to conquer or to embrace.
We can't let our fears of the unknown keep us from trying.

Only by trying to understand the demon can we make our peace and move on.
Many tell you not to recognize what's there, that to do so makes it powerful.

To see it and acknowledge gives it life and strength.
Yet to have seen it, to keep the knowledge hidden gives it strength as well.

For we ourselves know its there, lurking.
In order to banish it, not just hide it away we must face what is there.

The fear grows stronger over time of what this demon is.
Strong enough to keep us from being able to face it down, to move on.

We all live our lives in fear, fear of the unknown and what is out there.
Why live with fear of what is within? Surely that harms us more.