The Demons Within Poem by Ken Barrett

The demons have come to take their claim
Invading my soul as they drive me insane
My integrity weakens as they draw near
Inducing me with their debilitating fear

How do I fight off these obsessive beasts
When on my heart they maliciously feast
Gorging on my anguish for their own delight
They take what they want as I lose sight

Inticing me with obscene guilty pleasure
Denying me the time to take measure
I implore them to cease and set me free
For there is no place for me to flee

I retreat into the darkness of my mind
Where I have become abhorrently blind
I hide away from my pitiful obsession
While enduring the hateful oppression

I await for the day of my liberation
So I can extricate this consternation