Still Mind - a collection of poems

A Difficult Truth

The monsters around aren't nearly as scary as the monsters inside

But that is a hard truth to admit

So we fight each other

And we scream our hatreds

That are really just fears in disguise

Until we are too tired and confused to lie anymore

And the only option is to look inward

Where we choose to avoid eye contact with our demons

And instead invite them back for another round

A chance to terrorize anyone or thing different

Because difference is abominable

Because difference is an easy target

That we will always focus our attention towards

Because we are cowards

Because if we find something wrong with them

Everything wrong with us looks a little smaller

But it isn't

It is simply blocked out

By the shadows of the fears

We cower in the face of