Smoke Colored Bench

nightmares

He warned me of his demons

That he was a monster

But I was a monster yet to come

Unfurling my claws

Slowly

Never attracting attention

For I stayed in the shadows at night

A mirage

Of the demons inside of me

Climbing up my throat

Begging to be set free

But slipping

When he shows me a world of light

Although he never really conjured darkness

He embraces it

For through everything

His demons have slipped

Staying deep down

Where all is forgotten

But he does not know

That with my own

The light seems to bright

Too far to touch

When darkness seems

to always be

within reach

So he told me of his demons

That he was a monster

And I told him

I was a nightmare

Living breathing nightmare

That you can't wake up from

So once you're sucked in

No one can hear you scream

And he told me

Let

Me

Scream