This is War

Dear Stronghold,

I have laid in surrender while you have tortured me. I have soaked up all your deceit and eaten all your tasty lies. I have gorged myself full of them until sick and ready to vomit. I once tried to fight you, but I was weak and small. I had no strength and soon found myself no match for you, and was quickly defeated. I have tried to hide from you. Pretended you didn't exist and told myself you never had. I have tried to disguise you. I have dressed you up with every article of disguise I could find. I have tried to ignore you. But I always knew you were there. I could see you out of the corner of my eye. After all these failed attempts, I once again laid down while you taunted me and fed me lies. How wicked and dark you are to keep a prisoner for so long. But I'm tired of this charade, and I won't lie down any longer. I won't believe this is my fate. Though through all these years I have had little progress in getting rid of you, I have not given up. In fact I am more determined than ever. You will not steal one more moment from me. This is my life. My soul. My heart. I do not belong to you. I am the child of the Living God. To hear his Name you tremble in fear. This is your formal warning. I am back. I'm ready to fight. And this time...I brought my Friend.