Monster Within

You can run,

You can hide

You can fight,

You can die

I'll never stop looking,

I'll never stop listening,

I'll never stop screaming

You did this to me

And though I may not find you,

I'm not the one you're running from

You're running from yourself,

From the monster within

The one that took over,

The one you can't control,

The one that turned you into a bag of bones

Can you still hear them?

The souls screaming,

The children crying

Can you still see it?

The moment you changed,

The moment the monster broke from it's cage

Can you still see them?

A family who loved you,

The first to go

I hope you can,

I hope you remember,

I hope you know

So tell me,

Is only your grin hiding the monster within?