my dragon He breathed the flames scorching at my heart worked their way up to my throat and there they burned, As if I'd voiced all my internal pain, would of screamed for years before I learned, He whispers in my ears and that cruel voice in my brain, The criticising monster that fills me up with shame, He's tearing at my stomach now, replacing the butterflies, Makes any happy emotion feel like another lie, My friends don't see his shadow, when he's clinging to my back, His long thick tail wrapped around my neck, posed for his next attack, A Prince they said, would come slay this terrible beast, they forgot to say, That this dragon was a part of me, so the dragon fought, hissed and slashed- scaring my Prince away, So now I'm all alone, with my Dragon and he's got lots to say, 'It was all you and your fucking face' that scared that Prince away. [i've posted this before but I changed it and it feels real now]