The Beast Within


( Oh and I )

I
am
the
rare
oddity

that pet you’ll never wish away
yet hide inside and keep at bay.



Call on me
please let me out
pull me from this darkness
let my venom match your shout
Free me from this prison
let my vengeance match your need
take from me the strength to make
what troubles you now bleed

I hear your footsteps falter
in the dark outside my door
and I know all the reasons that
you’ve ever come before.
My growling and my prowling
here on this side of this wall,
are mated to your pacing
as you linger in the hall.

You’re trying to weigh odds and ends
and means and chance as fact
though once you’ve found your way to me
these things become abstract.
I am here at your disposal
as always, ever have I been
I am judge and executioner
I am The Beast Within



( Yes and I )

I
am
far
more
connected

to what you feel yet refuse to show
than you could ever hope to know.