Demon

Is the demon in your head telling truth?
       Did you forget he was a lying sleuth?
His words never end; he is always with you;
       Did anyone else proclaim words that were true?

Did you find yourself alone in the night?
       Or trapped in fear without the light?
What kind of hold does your demonic friend elicit?
       Why is your faith in his words implicit?

Can you say your friends thought about you today?
       Why does the demon fill the space when they are away?
Why does the demon never leave?
       He is there to help when you grieve.

You say you want the demon to let you be.
       But that bastard never does flee.
Then you realize the demon knows you better than all.
       The demon is there; you don't have to call.

Why does your demon never abandon your side?

       Why can't you banish him; you have tried?
Why has he stayed your whole mortality?
        Why will the demon never let you free?