Inner Demons

"Rebel Poetry Contest" 
Prompt:
These inner demons
I have are friends
as well as foes.
Perhaps I should
have listened to
their whispers
earlier, who knows.
~ Kate Masters

All is calm
within these walls,
a facade erected
to fend off foes.

The empty smile
frozen in place,
the happiest of
expressions, on my face.

Rainbows of glitter
float through the air,
yet no one will tell you
that life isn't fair.

Shrunk and shriveled
on the inside,
things faced daily,
yet learned to hide.

Inner demons,
play hide and seek,
making me feel like
some kind of freak.

Where are my friends?
Where have you been?!
My heart, my soul,
bleeds from within.

I raise a glass
to my friends and foes,
let this be a lesson
in what the demon knows.

Closing my eyes,
resting my weary soul,
the demons cheer,
they accomplished their goal.

All is calm
within these walls,
a facade erected
to fend off foes.

WC:131
LC: 36