**the Monster I Am** Poem by joshua daukei

Empty and hallow
Life becomes hard to swallow
My world starts changing
Life’s rearranging
Things go black and gray
On a brand new day
Love has gone
Things feeling wrong
Hate builds up
And anger to
She said it’s through
I start changing
Become a monster
All my anger inside
I try to contain
I’m going insane
Just not myself
With her now gone
I have no control
I let it go all my rage
I crush it all
Have nothing left
She just had to go
And leave me alone