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Crushing, gnawing, biting, clawing

Aching, tearing, bending, breaking

Exhausted, tormented, unsettled, demented

Relentless, unending, depressing, suppressing

A world of shame and misery

Contained within my mind

Darkness envelopes me

And hastens my decline

Choking, strangling, hanging, drowning

Slicing, gouging, crying, hiding

Burning, scabbing, sawing, scratching,

Killing, defeating, inflicting, releasing

A world of shame and misery

Contained within my mind

Darkness envelopes me

And hastens my decline

Inner self

In slavery to processes I can't control

In slavery to my own demons