Inside Us All

Digging through
My own archives
Of rage
And desperation
I unearth an understanding
Of ancient curses
Buried and beholden
Until bubbling forth
In the bloodlines
Of another age

Some legacies
Refuse to rest
Inside their tombs
Some monsters
Must be defeated
By the sons of
Every generation

A sickness flowing
Just beneath
Our consciousness
Our collective skin
Waiting
For any kind of excuse
To unleash