Girl

There are demons in your head trying to fight,

And they won't back down soon.

A mind like yours- so open, so bright

Just the kind of brain they feed on at night.

When you think they're gone, you've thought wrong,

Because they know the darkest places to hide.

You whisper "You're okay"

Lip quivering, tears falling

But those demons know how you are at night.

When the night is silent and all you have is yourself,

Your past creeps from behind, at every corner you try to hide.

The aches, the pains, all buried alive.

Don't you know you can't run long from that which is buried inside?

So keep running, little one, I dare you.

Run fast and heavy and long.

But know there are demons in your head trying to fight,

And they won't back down soon-

Not until you stop running from all that ever scared you.