Letter to the Demon

Dear Demon,

I very well know that you are alive within me. You and the Angel strike a perfect balance of existence within my mind, transforming me as every milestone of my life becomes a history. Just as I am thankful to the Angel for spreading happiness on my doormat, I am thankful to you for making me what I am today. 

People detest you. You are known for spreading negativity and tears of sorrow, which we all try to run away from. You are always behind me, waiting for the right moment to push me into the hollow well of depression.  This is one of my greatest fear. But it is this fear which has made me incapable of understanding you. 

When I am hurt due to some reason, my Angel makes me aware about your presence. I ignore you and you open the door of darkness for me. This has been happening since years and I always try to run away from you but to no avail. You are always there, waiting for the right moment. When I go through a period full of sufferings, I ask myself:

Why have I been bestowed by happiness if one day it is ought to be destroyed by the Demon? 

That is when my Angel replied to me:

There is no gain without pain.

After that incidence I began to question your arrival. Rather than getting afraid of you, I began to confront you with my new found strength. You gave the answers to my questions and opened another door for me where I found my mistakes committed in the past. I was astonished to see the amount of self-created problems by being under the influence of illusions and how I used to put the blame on others for not fulfilling my expectations which they never accepted from the bottom of their hearts. 

That is the time when I looked at you with utmost reverence and felt happy for having a companion like you. You are the one who puts my wisdom to test but in a very bitter style. But I am okay with it. This bitter personality of yours has given you a name but it lies on me whether I could see the light within the darkness. 

I now accept you whole-heartedly. Whenever you would approach me, I would welcome you as a divine creature and would love to have a small chat with you. I would accept without reluctance the changes which you would suggest to improve my situation. At the end of the discussion, I would open a door for you where you would accompany me into an experience of another milestone and I would hold your hand when I know it's time to confront another suffering.