The Asylum of Me

He is a permanent resident of my mind, a shadow I can never escape. His silence is heavy and unnerving, a prelude to the storms that follow. And when they come, his screams are so deafening they threaten to split my skull in two. I am locked in a constant battle against myself. Against my own fears, my deepest doubts, and every insecurity that defines me. There is no outside enemy, only the endless confrontation within. This is my reality, a perpetual war between me and myself.