Making Demons Run

Michelle Hartman

God stays away because heā€™s afraid of his little creations.
Any friend turned enemy has been hating since day one.

No winners or losers, only who gets to tell the story.
I quit trying to fit a world that did not fit me.

Eyes are openings to the soul, and some of us can read eyes.
Success means not knowing what Iā€™m attempting is not possible.

If youā€™re killing someone you should look sharp, itā€™s a big day in their life.
Others were reading romance; I was reading Poe.

Iā€™m ā€œused to itā€, is the saddest thing Iā€™ve ever said.
My special blend of Autumn song has started driving me mad.

Emotionally done, mentally drained, spiritually dead, yet I smile.
My will says to mix my ashes with ink and write how no one listened.

My mind is full of everything I never said.
All of a sudden, I feel nothing, and it feels wonderful.

That was when my demons called the Exorcist.

Michelle Hartman is the author of four books available on Amazon, along with three chapbooks. Hartmanā€™s work can be found online, in multiple journals in America and various countries overseas. She is the former editor of Red River Review, and co-owner of The Hungry Buzzard Press.