• An invisible terror corrupts me from within,
    Behind the guise of an adolescent free.
    Unwarranted, but I sense the demon's grin.

    Left alone, all thoughts turn to sins
    Inappropriate for the deepest reefs.
    In this terror, I decay from within.

    An absent gaze, a smile stretched too thin,
    A shadow more profound that what is perceived.
    Behind my lips lies a demon's grin.

    Teeth bared as sharp as needle-pins,
    The isolation eats away all that is seen.
    Its invisible hands corrupt from within.

    Malicious thoughts make enemies of kin,
    Far below, I am horror-struck to see
    This demon's water-logged grin.

    Sinking now, I see its hellish fins,
    Drowning amidst the merciless sea
    This terror corrupted me from within,
    Transformed; I bear the demon's grin.

    -Leah