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Deep inside they stir--I hear their distant shouts
Scratching on a door I locked to keep the torture out.
Still even now, though locked away, my spirit holds no peace
I wish that I could let them go--my God, what sweet release!
The demons deep within me are the masters of my space--
The tailors of the shroud I wear upon my weary face.
Taunting me they screech and scream, just like a garden's weed
Give me strength to face the day these demons will be freed.
I know one day they will escape and I'll not turn to run
The war will end when they're released--the battle's just begun.
The poem Demons Within is Copyright 1998 by Paige C. Storme.
The collection of works called Fish Eggs For The Soul is Copyright 1998 by Brian Rickman.
Copy edited by Sara Fawbush, editor of The Young Writer's Collection.