Cowering in fear
a life without meaning
my purpose in vain
exist without feeling
I turn up the music
to the threshold of pain
drown out the voices
all shackled in chains
Don’t know where to go
there’s nowhere to hide
’cause you can’t run
from the monster inside
All of my life
I’ve shouldered the blame
while demons within
add guilt to my shame
It’s who I am
that strikes you as wrong
so you judge me for that
not what I have done
Don’t know where to go
there’s nowhere to hide
’cause you can’t run
from the monster inside
No longer in fear
it’s then that I see
as I stare in the mirror
the monster in me
~ elr
Image: Art from Cromwell Green by Michael Wooley, Melted Wax Publishing