Face Your Demon Poem by ObiGod Chidi CC

FACE YOUR DEMON
Face your demon,
The error in you.
That root of stupidity in foolish branches.
Sack the vagabond spirit
That has raised a castle in you.


Under the lofty nose of accolade,
Become what you set out to be.
Don't give in to the captivity within:
The civil war raging in your young blood
If your grand father is young in you
If your father is kidding in the lobby of your veins,
And your mind the toy of his pleasure.
Rebel at who they want you to be
To rescue who you are created to be



Face your demon.
The habit is out and back
With familiar seven, crueler and darker.
Your brain is in an ancestral orgy.
As the string is pulled as disc jockey
You respond again to the rage, the lust, towards
The you that is never you:
The puppet dances
To the dark rhythm
Throbbing in sweet guilt.
Empty smiles meet tears.



Raise your voice
Where you have a choice.
Rebuke the ancient self
In the modern you.
Break the wheel over the overself.
Expel the exorcist
That's blinded by his own plank.
For the battle is yours and yours alone.
To rescue and recapture you.


Face the demon
The error in you.
That root of stupidity in foolish branches.
Sack the vagabond spirit
That has raised a castle in you
And be your self.

13-06-2016
©CHIDI OBIGOD