Battles Of The Mind

• Simran Gill, Grade 10
• Poetry
• 2017

Darkness extends its sharp tendrils to end at last a life of pain.
But, revenge is the only medicine for the pain of a lost soul.
The temptation of revenge is strong, and it's struggle inevitable.
Choosing a side for a bettered path; that of desperation or of forgiveness.
Gods angels extend their hand
But hell'sdemons understand
Hell’s fire an addictive, unquenchabke thirst.
It follows the emotions; bends and changes,
From a soft flickering candle light, to infernos that could burn the devil himself.
It is unforgiving, a judge of fairness.
It needs not to be subdued by light,
For it is a demon of darkness.
Sustained by hatred,
Death’s fire never rests.
Just like the blaze in my chest.
Choose good or bad,
Right or wrong.
Battles of the mind always contest.