There’s much fear and shame in admittance
Yet so much freedom as well
Because refusal to admit the truth
Condemns you to a personal hell
Left to run rampant in the mind,
these thoughts continue to fester and stew
Until eventually these monstrous thoughts
Eat their way through you
Day in and day out
With their ravenous jaws,
They allow you no breath of respite,
Down to the bones of your sanity and rationality they gnaw
And the more they chew,
The stronger the will is to keep them hidden
But only for so long can you keep them unseen by others,
For eventually it becomes visible how you’ve been bitten
To try to cover up with poorly crafted excuses
Only lets these monsters have a tighter rein
Their damage breeds obsession in your mind
Until you forget what it’s like to feel sane
These thoughts do their best to intimidate you,
But their bite is nothing compared to their bark
So long as you take the uncomfortable plunge
To eradicate the shadows that let them endure whilst in the dark
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