The devil inside

Oh, every-so-often,

We each have a devil to fight...

Can never make up for

Illusions that we’re always right.

God send me an angel of light

To shatter my pain with his might

Or give me the strength to forget;

Rebuild my fortress of strength

I’ve cried all my tears

And whispered my fears

I’m broken and tied at my thigh

By a huge, scrumptious lie

Blacked beyond all restraint

I’ve learned to hate who I ain’t

In my saddest moments

When “friends” let me down

The devil inside me

Called my careless mind

My darkest despair

I rise well beyond you

And I declare

You think you’re fair

To tarnish my kindness

With your hopeless hell

Miracles happen

If you stay alive

And keep on fighting

The devil inside.

A hope for the hopeless

A heaven for free

While hating the haters

I learn to love me

I tendered a pact with myself

To rise above

Such shallow stunts

That make my peace become dark.

We all need an angel sometime

To remind us how magic we are

To make us grow strong

To help us hold on

Build up our drive,

Deal with the heartbreaks of life

It’s how we survive

The devil inside

Denisa Dobrin (February 4, 2013)