The Beast Within

There is a beast deep inside of me I keep tethered to a pole The outside world can only see My meek and tender soul I always turn the other cheek And from trouble, walk away This may be interpreted as being weak And with that, I am okay One day the bullies went after my wife And on her their venom released Then for the first time in my life The beast, I did unleash They probably thought I was too mild To stop them as she begged and cried But the beast inside went terribly wild Unleashing a violence that was justified When the dust had settled, two men laid dead And my wife was safe from harm The beast inside had been well fed And retethered until the next alarm But people now look at me differently Having had a glimpse of what lies within Knowing there is more than what they see And not wanting it unleashed again