Today is a day

Of battling demons.

They wait quietly

For the opportune moment.

The moment my guard is down

And my heart is open.

They,

With their steely

Black appendages.

Slowly creeping undetected.

Slithering

Into dark spaces.

With one abrupt move

They wrap their thorny tendrils

Around my heart.

My mind.

My spirit.

And drag me down into

Unfathomable depths.

The voices outnumbering me.

Outwitting me,

Until I become the silent one.

Choking on their insanity.