"The Monster"

"The Monster"

I have seen it in those I love

It is eating them alive

and now it is trying to eat me.

I think it starts when neglect or pain

is too much for little ones to bear.

It grows as they grow

Never letting real hope and happiness

inside.

It prevents them from experiencing love

and appreciation for all of God's gifts.

It makes them obsess and try to do one

crazy thing after another which brings

them down and negatively affects those

who care for them.

It is like an Octopus from hell, strangling

them, they can not turn off their brain.

Drugs won't work except for awhile.

They want to sleep. They really want to die

but are afraid to say it.

They no longer see the sparkle in their children's eyes

Nor a sunrise nor sunset.

They see a blur of ideas on how to stop the strangulation

they are feeling.

They lie, they cheat, they steal but nothing stops the pain

or the constant blame they put on others. This can't be

their fault! Someone else has to suffer too. No one has the

right to be happy when they feel like this. Do they?

Are they insane? If not now, they are heading down that path.

You can't help them because they keep changing their story.

Lie upon lie upon lie until you no longer know the truth.

You can't get there from here.

You must stop loving them to save yourself.

Kesti©2011