The Victor

Look

In my heart

Do you see not

The fight

The pain

The upheaval

Not the distress

The turbulence

Two sides battle

Long and hard

A ferocious struggle

There’s a fury

There’s a frenzy

Do you not see

How I’m blinded?

Do you not see

The savage brute

Who tugs

At my heart

Is the turmoil

Not evident

Upon my features

As he tries

So powerfully

To control me

To wrench me

From those who love me

He’s an evil tyrant

A barbarious ruffian

A demon

Within me

He attempts to rule me

To control me

To destroy me

His burning breath

Scorches

My very being

I’m pulled

Consumed

By his fire

Do you not see

The battle

Raging

The volcanic upheaval

The searing pain

As he holds me

In his vise-liike girp

Those devilish fingers

Devoted solely

To snatching me away

From you

When I scream out

Words of rebellion

From deep inside

Know it is he

It’s his voice

Not mine

I want to embrace

The life that you show me

I want, too

To live as you do

It is only he

That wicked one

Who diverts my heart

Away from you

Yet though he pulls

I’ll stand

Like a soldier

Resolute

And though he tries

He cannot break me

He’ll make me tremble

But I will not fall

With equal venom

I’ll fight him

Spite him

I’ll stand strong

To conquer

He’ll push me down

Yet I’ll gather strength

To battle

To destroy

My foe

Like a burning torch

I’ll melt his

Icy fingers

Off my heart

Firmly

I’ll hold

To what

Is true

Unyielding

In belief

For he

Shall not emerge

The victor