These Thoughts Inside

(Forgive me for posting my horrible poetry this week. This has been rattling around in my head for a while now. I have committed it to paper in many different versions. It just seemed to fit the prompt and I thought I would give it a try. Writing poetry in exactly 100 words is even more difficult than I realized.)

Today's post is my entry into this week's 100 Word Challenge, hosted by Velvet Verbosity. The 100 Word Challenge is an exercise in which we write exactly 100 words in response to the weekly prompt word. Click the link to read the other entries–good stuff over there! 

This week's prompt was "within". 

Unsocial, egocentric,

degrading and mad.

In lightning quick flashes

they enter my head.

Worshipful, wanting,

and lasting all day

they stumble around there

then fly far away.

All of my thoughts–

whether petty and small

or delusions of grandeur,

of having it all.

These thoughts live within me,

they'll wane and they'll waiver.

A few I push away,

but others I savor

in the mental equivalent

of self-flagellation.

They're the very embodyment

of bad behavior.

Sugar and spice.

Loving but hateful.

Thoughtful and spiteful

and everything nice.

Feel guilt, feel pride,

superior and snide

Only I know these thoughts inside.