Anyones Story: Chapter four
Chapter four: Healing the demon
Standing naked and alone before the raging demon I had to stand my ground or die trying. There was no turning back from the truth now fully realized. I had to find the strength; I had to find a way. I had to heal the demon.
Nobody saw the battle. There was no visible carnage despite the fierceness of the fight. No headlines were made, no cover stories or interviews either. Not one soul other than mine knew the peril of this fight. After all, no other soul was at stake.
As I stood before the demon I was in mortal fear. How could I fight myself? How could I defeat myself? The demon taunted me, daring me to do anything. The demon tried to convince me that I could never be anything without the elixir. It tried to convince me that I was worthless. Horrible were the things it did to me as I stood vulnerable and defenseless.
I realized that the only way to fight the demon was to accept it. I could not defeat it. I had to live with it because it was indeed a part of me. Somehow it sensed this and became afraid, it was a part of me after all. Tears of pity began to run down my face as I stood there beholding my darker self. This made it even more afraid. It seemed to shrink before my eyes.
While the tears ran down my face the demon continued to shrink in size. No longer the forbidding and hideous beast that tormented me for so long the demon was now a helpless child. The demon wept before me like a child lost in the dark. I could barely see through the tears as I embraced my darker self and let it release its agony upon me. The healing had begun.
That demon will always be within me. There can be no escaping that. I believe that each and every one of us has the same demon somewhere inside waiting to come forth. As long as we can accept the fact that our dark side is there then maybe we can live happier lives. I have found that to deny this demon is to give it the power to rise within us and take control.
By accepting my demon I have healed it. I have healed myself in the process. I am a person reborn. I could be your friend, neighbor, relative, loved one, or even you. I am anyone and this is my story.
-The end
-John Alexander (aka SirJohn)
