Monster Inside

They say fear is just implanted on the mind of a child.

Children weren't born to fear things.

Their own innocence was both their greatest strength and their greatest weakness.

Parents/Guardians had never taught a child to fear the Monster Inside.

That monstrosity that eats even a child from the inside out.

Some say it's insanity. I call it Depression, Anxiety, and all those vile things you can imagine.

It's the void inside me, a voice whispering I am never good enough.Encouraging me to cut my wrist. Stop sleeping. Stop eating.

It's a vile creature that was winning an impossible battle inside me.

Sometimes, they're winning as I succumb into the darkness.

Rarely, I win as I place the blade down and stop cutting my wrist.

But most times, it is me, alone and wishing that somebody would just help me.