This is powerful!!
and the title is so sad.

Sometimes we can’t control our minds and we go to darker uglier places with it.

I wish you the best :)

This was a very strong piece.
The third stanza really hits home for me.
Wonderfully written.
Nominated

"I don't need you to bleed"
^
You are stronger than your foe, their attempts to "cause you misery" will, undoubtedly, cause them harm.

This verse did make me smile:

You seek for my destruction
But you have a rival here
And I've got a strange advantage
Sitting right between my ears