Monsters

These monsters keep chasing me
Whether I'm awake or asleep
Why won't they let me be
My peace they won't let me keep.

These monsters continue to haunt me
Dark thoughts they plant in my mind
They make it hard to breathe
They make comfort hard to find.

They seep away my energy
They slowly kill my dreams
They drown me in futility
They make everything look grim.

Courage I should muster
These monsters I have to face
I shouldn't let them matter
But why won't they go away?