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Demon In My Closet

There's a demon in my closest that will not go away. He speaks to me quite often and says he's going to stay. He questions all my thinking and makes me change my mind. He turns my thoughts from positive to quite a different kind. The demon in my closet I think has sprouted wings. For even when I'm away from home he wants to do bad things. The things he wants are devious and never for the good He darkens moods and consciousness. He'd take over if he could. The demon in my closet lives on from darker days He used to have more power within my bitter drunken haze His taunting of my effort to be a better man Tries confusing all my thinking in every way he can. I will always fight the demon. He will never conquer me How the battle ends is still quite hard to see But light wins over darkness I think that is always so This demon in my closet one day I’ll force to go. Charlie Milne

Copyright © | Year Posted 2007




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Date: 9/22/2008 5:02:00 PM
Awesome write! Congratulations Charlie on your Honorable Mention in Charles Fuller's contest! Love, Shar
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