The Hyde Diagnosis Poem by Ryan Joseph Holder

Within the truth
Of evil and good
There's more than you see
....Much more than you should
For the epic struggle
Is not held before your eyes
Its held inside
Everyone of our minds
The shadow in the light
The thorn within our side
This is the battle
Of Jekyll and Hyde
A split state of mind
That you become a stranger
A toxic in your veins
That leaves everyone in danger
You walk
With a swagger
And carry
A dagger...
And Incognito, an enigma
A shadow on the wall
Watch him take control
And watch the curtain fall
Your heart beats faster
Your feelings inside
Your skin gets tougher
...You feel alive
You feel your skin
Turn hard and callous
You feel your hatred
Turn to malice
You become what you're not
Yet it is who you are
You feel angry, berserk,
Perverse, and Bizarre! !
A man who once
Found escape in his knife
Now finds pleasure
In taking a life
Your mind can be split
And your life can be hard
When you mask from the world
And your life's a facade
One side shows tears
The other shows laughter
One side is empty
The other's disaster
One side is broken
The other side breaks
One of them is real
The other ones fake
I feel it consume me
I feel it take hold
I've lost my true love
I've sold my own soul
I am a shell
For one of two people
Which ever one's stronger
Will venture on deeper...
I am becoming
This monster inside
But for once in my life
...I feel alive! ! !