The Heart of My Hatred

I fear the tug at my mind,
The beast in my heart,
The creature that lives inside of me

This beast,
No, a monster,
It eats my mind
Driving me insane,

This demon that tells me I am worthless,
Stupid,
Foolish,
Dumb,
For listening to their lies,
The lies of humanity

I fear it escaping,
The havoc it would reek,
It would destroy me,
But that is not why I worry

I fear my hatred getting loose,
I fear that I might hurt someone I love,
I will always fear this,
This beast inside of me,

A contest entry

The Sum of All My Fears by andywontdie. 4500 points, ended May 5, 2008, 20 entries
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Almost anything goes! by EmeraldDaze. 425 points, ended June 8, 2008, 74 entries
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andywontdie
May 5, 2008

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I can definitely relate to this, especially before therapy and medication, I feared that the darkness would one day arise, consume me and lash out and devour everyone else in its apathetic, hungry path of devastation. I still worry even to this day, that it will surface again and reek its havoc once more...if you read my poem 'Unbecoming' you'll see that fear I described here. Very well presented, only a couple of minor spelling errors; stanza 4, line 2: should be 'reek', and stanza 4, line 3: should be 'destroy'. Sorry I did not get a chance to comment on this before the contest ended so that you would have a chance to correct these, you will not be penalized for this! Thanks for entering and best of luck!