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Poetry: Demons

by J. Sims

We speak of demons as things without
It's the ones within I write about
For it's these that grip our souls
Leaving damage; price untold
What secret hells we do delve
When we ignore demons in ourselves

We speak of demons as monsters being
When it's us we aren't seeing
For it's us that grip our souls
Leaving damage; price untold
In our secret little hells
Ignoring demons in ourselves

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