The Secret to the Beast

Some time ago, I wrote a bit of poetry about a person as they faced their fears. It's not very long, with 14 quatrains and a couplet. The story will be based off of the poetry, which you will get snippets of in the game, then the whole thing at the end. The story based off of the poem starts with a boy who is going to recite his written poem on stage. The poem doesn't exactly go in order, depending on what you choose, but it will make sense by the end. Poem lines appear in italics.