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there are some people in the world
that even the world can't recognize anymore
that label themselves with romantic sayings
that aren't romantic at all
just tragic and hopeless -
an infection that targets the heart
when it tries to conquer the mind

there's an imbalance in the soul
when it becomes so shrouded with demons
licking their teeth like hungry flames
that they can share it with the world
with the simplicity of pressing - 'click'
of a gun
or a key

it's an infection
that spreads through the hopeless and the lonely
a side of people that others can't recognize
when the rest is locked away
behind manufactured screens and facades
that tug strings around their will

listening closely is hard
above the screeches of those demons
as they spread through the shadows
and settle in a civil riot
that causes nothing but train wreck suicides
and yet
sometimes you can whispers of cowardice
and the remains of the hope
that was poured down drains
because those demons need more -
more targets, more victims, more more more

the world still rotates without them
and yet changes with them
and nobody ever knows why or how or when
but those demons forget
just because there's fear in other people
doesn't mean there isn't fear in them too.
Inspired by various things, but I hope this speaks for itself
© 2014 - 2024 The-Feather-Quill
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Nestharon's avatar
This was epic. The way you played with words, concepts and ideas. There so many lines which I like. You made a very good work my friend. And the title is brilliant.