Dark Thoughts: Self Corruption

So you have decided to read my little story. Do you think that is a wise choice? Well regardless of the wisdom of said choice it is still yours to make. So what is corruption? And not the corruption of a political system. I'm talking the corruption of mankind as whole. Though admittedly this is more of a self-analysis of my own psyche to understand or at least keep track of my own darker thoughts. But if it pleases you take this as fiction, for I understand that for some the darkness in us all is a bit too much to accept. So what is corruption? For me corruption is complicated. I view the world with a general sense of disdain as it is, but at the same time I do have my own set of morals that make me revolted with some of the darker thoughts and desires I have. So I guess the answer to me is corruption is the over indulgence of the darkness within me. It is the desire for power, the power to dominate people to my will, to bend and twist the minds of others for my own amusement, to rip people of their own free will and to make them my slaves, in both mind and body. It is the craving for forbidden knowledge and to make myself like a god, to have power over all. It is the bloodlust I feel when angered, the desire to bathe in the blood of all who would oppose me. It is the curiosity of what my fellow man tastes like, of delving into the madness of being a beast. Corruption of the mind, body, and soul that, if left unchecked, would turn me into a monster. And the reality is that we all have these feelings at one point or another or very rarely never. But my own truth is that we are always maintaining constant battle within our minds, the Light of Humanity and the Darkness of Monstrosity. And sometimes is a hard battle. Sometimes we have to let the world know, to remind it that we are our own demons. Or maybe our demons are our true selves and we are living a lie within the light. Who can say for sure?