MY INNER DEMONS

 

               I fight with myself,

               with my inner demons

               it tears my soul apart

               shatters my fragile heart 

               but i stand still,

               numb and blank

               as if i can't fight it back

              I scream, i am not immune,

              to this cold deserted castle

              my soul burnt out in flames

              and i still can't chase it away

              I can no longer dwell,

              in the cradle of my fantasies

              as i am trapped within,

              within the realms of myself

             The graffiti in the corridors

             are my wails and those walls;

             my canvas where i brush fears

             dipping it with tears of lone

             I paint my silhouette;

             frightened, as if it grasps me,

             forever within itself

             and i can't escape 

             in this bewildering stillness

            My dreams are no longer mine

            but are puppets to nightmares

            which haunts me to the core,

            I scream loud like thunder

            but within myself,

            my echoes are engraved 

            in the graveyard of my body

            Nobody hears, only I weep !!

 

                               -Dipikshya Basnet