Boogeyman's Castle

 

You thought everything will be fine when you embraced the Boogeyman with an air of finality. You thought you finally got the power you wished for.

  The power to have everything in your premises under control. The ability to plan out a prosperous environment in and around you.

  But in the midst of all, you ignored, no.. you feigned ignorance to the ugly gropings of the Boogeyman. You decided to turn a blind eye to all of it 

  so that you could harmlessly get past it. Get past him. But did he let you? He was there all along, right beside you when you decided to start your journey

  in the newly acquired kingdom. You still remember the cold shiver that ran down your spine when you realised that he was there, controlling you under

  the disguise of guiding you. It was then that you decided to play the game by his rules. 

     You decided not to beat yourself up for every knot you couldn't untangle. You started seeking solace within yourself for the whole kingdom was filled 

  with his puppets. You turned to yourself when you needed motivation and inspiration. But damn the timing of him to throw all your mental images right

  in your face. Were they any pleasant? No, they were quite the opposite. They were a series of self sabotaging practices you imagined yourself to follow

  to get rid of him before. You can sense the familiar pull from them. Trying to consume you and to never leave after. "Didn't you want this? Didn't you

  ask for this?" he taunted. His mocking laugh was very painful to you. You needed to get away even if it meant to give up the newly discovered rights 

  and power. And so you got away. No not by suicide. But by killing all the elements that gave birth to him. You don't know if he had gone forever or if 

  he'll sprout right back. But you kept destroying every regret that led to him, every instance that reminded you of his existence. And so you got away by 

  fighting back. You got away by standing up for yourself. You got away by showing the world that you were so much better than him. You got away by

  showing him something that he doesn't want to see... YOU. 

Inspired by Beck's poem from 'YOU'

Pic courtesy: Srikanth Reddy (@srikkreddy - Instagram)