My Pale Demon

My pale demon wanders inside my heart
He wraps his satiny hands around my beating love for you.

He strips my heart of all my love,
Leaving it a cold stone.

He smiles as the wind whispers in my ear to let him leave,
But no matter how hard I try,
He can never leave.

He tears me away from you
He sings terrible things into my soul,
But I cannot make him leave.

My pale demon is me.