TJ GANO Poet Blank verse

Real Life Demogorgons

Real-Life Demogorgons

 

Life felt like Hawkins—

quiet streets hiding screaming sirens.

Mind Flayers weren’t fiction anymore;

they learned my name.

 

I was lost like Will,

vanished between breaths,

woke up shivering

in an Upside Down crib—

air thin, walls breathing fear.

 

I walked on jagged glass,

barefoot in my own thoughts.

Locked inside my skull,

my body spasmed with truths unsaid.

My mind—flayed

not by monsters,

but by my own sins.

 

Arggh!

I wanted out.

The Demogorgon loomed—

faceless, black, relentless.

Should I speak this pain aloud,

or bury my life

in a pit of silence?

 

No—

I heard footsteps of the other me,

the one who survived.

Friends became flickering lights,

stringing hope through the dark,

showing me a path I couldn’t see alone.

 

I was found—

not dead,

but drowning

in endless shadows,

Eaten by real-life Demogorgons

with familiar faces:

fear, shame, loneliness.

 

Yet here I stand—

scarred, shaking, breathing—

proof that monsters are real,

but so is salvation.

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Beata Agustin February 21, 2026 at 9:38 PM Thanks for sharing this... exposing your thoughts through your unique poetic style. Welcome to Poetry Soup, aking Kababayan. I welcome you with the love of the Lord, expressed by John 3:16 of the Bible, "For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life." Be blessed. TJ GANO February 22, 2026 at 7:52 PM Thank you so much!

Ghairo Daniels February 19, 2026 at 8:30 AM Excellent rendition of the divides in mind, TJ with Soul overcoming. ThkU for sharing your emotions. I liked this line : “ I walked on jagged glass, barefoot in my own thoughts.” This poem is a powerful first offering on this site. Keep writing & be welcomed here. Sending blessings from South Africa to Philippines., Ghairo. TJ GANO February 22, 2026 at 7:53 PM Thank you so much, Ghairo! I was really moved by the movie