Demons and Crowns
Demons and Crowns
Do you know what it’s like
To have monsters in your head,
Whispering with each step of yours,
“Are you sure you’re right?”
Do you know that feeling
Of just having to succeed
Of having no option to fail
When you just cannot break through the glass ceiling?
Do you even know what it is
To have the demons in the back of your head
Always poisoning your mind
With visions you don’t want to see
With thoughts you don’t need?
Do you know what it is like
To cover your wounds yourself,
To lick love off razor edges
When you can’t hide?
Do you know the feeling
Of having demons
That swirl around in little clouds
That demand for painful perfection?
Do you know the feeling?
Of desperation
As you try to quieten them,
And try to start healing?
Do you know the feeling?
Of realising
You have nothing to lose
As your mind cuts off the screaming?
I know these feelings well
My demons were here all along
But today I shall fight
And even though I may take a while
To win once and for all,
I won’t ever stop trying.
I stand with a sword
Against the demented echoes
And I know I am ready
As I wear my armour
Because I’ve learnt
From the darkness that I begin to fight
That for a Phoenix to rise
It must first be burned.
-Aalia Chondamma
Grade X
KALS