Submitted by Molly Nessler
I am haunted by monsters
not the kind that live under beds,
or stalk in the night
I lie awake with monsters in my head.
Monsters you left behind
they seek to devour my light.
I wake with cold sweats
and scream out, terror.
I am back in your clutches
Broken
Battered
a damaged wreck.
I cry out,
feeling pain from your violence
another sleepless night
the devil wins another fight.