"Demons At Play"

I calmly sit there and nurture and care

Until I finally get to lay my fears to rest

Then I quietly tiptoe up that twisted stair 

From the darkest parts of my mind

Being cautious not to wake them again

Lest they strangle my dreams once more

I tried to silence the madness but then

I heard them clawing and opening the door

They won't leave me be until I'm scared

To sleep at night or fear the dark

It causes my thinking to become impaired

As my fears wake up and leave their mark

For they feed the others and make them strong

The ones who can haunt me during the day

They blur the lines between right and wrong

When my demons awake and come out to play

Those demons don't live in black and white

To them all the rules are simply grey

They torment in the day as much as night 

For they don't fear the light of day

They torture my soul and twist my mind

As I become nothing but a puppet to them

I grow weaker from each horror they find

And my soul becomes their kingdom 

It's just another sleepless night for me

Now that the demons are at play again

For a few brief months I thought I was free

But now I know they'll never let me win

So it seems I have no choice but embrace 

The darkness that consumes each thought 

As my nightmares become my happy place

I give over to the insanity my demons sought. 

"Sleep Sound"

As the shadows slowly creep in I know I'll not sleep tonight

The demons in my mind are already welcoming that dark

And I know that I'll be left to lay here and control my fright

As I wait for those echoing voices to leave their mark

They'll destroy, plunder and ravage my mind

As they ride their nightmares and spread doubt

Taking up residence in every memory they find

And I'll be slowly dying inside while busy living without 

They visit me regularly, these horsemen of horror

Bringing with them this  hell of nightmarish pestilence 

Feeding on my self doubt and screams of terror

I learned long ago that they grow stronger with resistance 

For with every night I refuse to sleep it only gets worse

It's been two days and I can feel my will grow weak

Your sleep is relaxing and healing but mine is a curse

Because my eventual insanity is the reward the demons seek

"I Am"

I am that shadow of doubt flickering in the back of your mind

I am that chill that runs up and down your spine late at night

When you look under the bed I'm that thing you're afraid to find

That noise in the dark and that movement just out of sight

The thing in your closet with eyes glowing red

The voice in your head that plays hide and seek with your sanity

The one definable moment that fills you with dread

I'm that scratching at night that brings out your lunacy

I'm around every corner and in every dark alley

Riding through your nightmares and making you scream

I'm your doubt, your fears and your bitter reality

Merrily merrily your wasted life is but my dream