there is a monster inside me. i’ve had it for as long as i can remember and it waits in the back of my mind like some steel trap, just waiting for the day i lose control. the day i snap. on the outside i’m the most regular person you’ll ever meet; i volunteer at church, i help my parents with whatever they need, i have friends, not many enemies. but deep within me i can feel the darkness becking. it sits in silence for the moment i go too far. it fills my head with sickness, i cut and burn myself until i am in so much pain i’m unable to stay conscious. i think of horrible things, ways to hurt people, make them suffer for no reason at all. split open someone’s back, dig my fingers into their spine, hear them scream. i’m so afraid. i’m afraid that one day i will live out these thoughts. one day i will snap, and do the unthinkable. hurt. kill. the monster wants it so badly. wants me to cause pain. i don’t understand it. it’s becoming harder to control. i’m so afraid.
