Notes About The Poem

Hi readers, this poem has nothing to do with myself. It is a fiction trying to relate what it must feel like to have a guilt with someone or something. Hope you enjoy.

My Demon Was Hungry

My demon was hungry 
When it devoured all I’d built.
It happily used a solid, rusted blade
To clot my blistered guilt.

Guilt for what I didn’t say,
For things I didn’t do.
It left deranged, irrational scars,
Reminding me of you.

This demon left me black,
An empty nothing full of pain,
Pain which exists when I wake
And relive it all again.

And all I own are echoed aches
After my demon fed.
Now, “Defeat” is all I can hear, 
Each time I'm in my head.
Copyright © | Year Posted 2017

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Walker Avatar
June 1, 2017 at 7:31 PM
You wrote it well I think! (He/she needs to let those demons go now :) to get that word out of their head)
Raynes Avatar
June 1, 2017 at 7:53 PM
Thank you Lenna, some folks have a hard time letting it go I think.
Mhangwa Avatar
June 1, 2017 at 2:34 AM
Such a heart felt poem Lewis! I really liked it
Raynes Avatar
June 1, 2017 at 7:52 PM
Thank you Kudzai
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