Author’s Note: I wrote this piece to help myself process some trauma, then altered it slightly to use it in a novel when one of my characters was trying to cope with a childhood of abuse. This is the version that appears in that book, “Inner Demons.” (Book Eight of “The Silver Society.”)

I'M OKAY

Running from my demons,
And the Devil's on my back.
I thought that I was finally free,
Then from nowhere, the past attacks.

Cause the darkness always finds me,
Though I'm clinging to the light.
It's a never ending battle,
But I still gotta fight.

Well the days are getting longer,
But I get lost in the night,
And the Angels fight the demons,
But I don't know who is right,

Cause these voices in my mind are screaming,
"Just give in and die!"
But I know I cannot do that because
All they do is lie,

And I wanna run away from
All the chaos in my mind,
But I know I...