Demons

Some demons follow us all our lives
they sit and wait for us to break
they come marching in taking over
revoking any claim to sanity or sobriety
you have staked

you can't slay them you can only
merely contain them
they linger these demons of fear,
doubt, disease, and worthlessness
in the back folds of the deepest
recesses of our minds

you can climb up on a wagon
you can go to a meeting
you can read a book
you can retreat
but one day
a bad bad day
you'll think one dark
thought and the demons
will come flooding in
like a damn that's just burst

they will roll and they will
play they will dominate you
and you cave, you misbehave
you deny they are back
these demons we locked up
so many years back

but you can only hide the truth
black and white in the gray
of reality for so long
then on a dark night
your demons and your illusions
will all come tumbling down
into reality
whether you like it or not