Hello, My Name Is Doubt

I am the misery that feeds on your

company, So I am not miserable alone.

I am the symphony of a bittersweet

Sympathy, laughing when I hear you moan.

I am the false penance sinners still pay,

Because it's the wrong way to atone.

I am the festering splinter of decay,

Reminding you of flesh and bone.

I am your quivering fear of the thunder.

I am the turbulent sea.

I'm the anaesthesia that pulls you under.

I'm the last thing you'll see.

I am your childlike fear of the dark

when your imagination won't let you be.

The sabotaged mission on which you embark,

Your private perdition where I am the fee.

I am the reluctance in your will,

Instilled by your repetitive thought.

I am the poison that's just like the pill,

Convinced that I'm all that you've got.

I am the caution that takes all the thrill,

Removing your victory from battles fought.

I have an ultimate role to fulfil, so

many to kill like a spiritual blood clot.

I shouldn't have to tell you what I'm all about.

I'm in the discouraging words that people say.

I encourage your pity. Love when you pout.

In your self-loathing, I wish you would stay.

I am the storm cloud on your sunny day.

I keep your joy and successes away.

I am the destructive words that come out.

I keep you silent when you're trying to shout.

Hello, My Name is Doubt.