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The Transcendental Monster

April 22, 2014
By MeliBee BRONZE, Manchester, New Jersey
MeliBee BRONZE, Manchester, New Jersey
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Prominent and respected in reputation fades to horrendous disgust like light and dark.
I am a good person, and I do good deeds, but so many bad ones as well indeed
The potential to do great good and great evil frightens me, but also gives me a sense of joy.
I hated the way I was, but I loved being individual.
I hate who I have become and he loves to see me fail.
What have I done to myself?
He and I are in constant conflict, and our differences are the enemies.
Or perhaps he is…
It’s always a dual.
We’re so opposite but so identical.
Meshed together and divided by personalities.
All I desire is to be content.
And for that, one of us has got to go…
Help me.


The author's comments:
Completely fascinated by these two, I decided to take on the persona of the infamous split personalities. Inspired by Robert Louis Stevenson's gothic novella "The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde", the transcendental monster is inside of us all. There are many sides to an individual, and the duality of man is what distinguishes our colorful character. Sometimes we are our own worst enemy.

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