Potential

I know i have within me
The potential to be awful
I know i don't have to care
I can be a no one
A no one who does nothing
Our i could be the villain 
A monster dressed as human
I could embrace my hatred
I could be the evil one
Leaving bodies in my wake
Oh yes, all that lurks inside me
I could say what's on my mind
I could not give a damn about you
I could turn my pain into weapons
Use them to return the hurt
I could lay these empires bare
Spill all your secrets like blood
I could line up my offenders
Cut them off at their knees
I could create an army
Breed them with scar-stiff skin
Send them out to do my bidding
Then destroy them because i can
I know i have within me
The potential to be awful
Because i can entertain
These insidious evil thoughts
But some how my love is stronger
Stronger than my wrong
Even brighter than my dark
When the ugly is overwhelming
I hear the good inside me yelling
Don't take this broken path
It ends only in chaos and regret
Be instead a light that others follow
Because the world is dark enough
And even if we never win a battle
We'll have died soldiers in the good fight