Demons

How do we fight our own demons?
I can't fathom the right answer.
Do we simply sleep it off at night?
Do we fight it with our own strength using our fists?
Do we go to a doctor?

For so many years since the day that they left
The demons have never left my side
Sometimes it's comforting to know
That someone is there for you
Even though they mean you harm

Other times the demons lashes so hard
So unforgivably firm
that my skin is left open and my heart turns to waste
It was painful then
It's a torment now

I am asking you one last time
How do we fight our demons?
When it is your demons
My own inflicted demons