Monster still inside me
Scratching at my skin
Waking from hibernation
Hidden for so long
It emerges once again
Utterly unstoppable from within
It rears its head
Clawing to escape
The barriers I've built
But it's always there
Deep inside myself
Permanently inescapable
Forever unrelenting
Masks.
A different face
for every place.
Hiding
Disguising.
Plastic smile
Hollow laugh.
But inside
Secrets
Darkness,
Held in by chains
About to snap.
Locked away
Buried under
A glass floor
About to crack.
Smile pretty.