Everybody keeps a monster (Slowed)

I don't starve it, I don't worship it,
I teach it where to aim.
When the whole world stacks against me,
When the pressure feeds the flame,
I don't run; someone lives in me,
I put that darkness on a chain.
Every halo shows a shadow, every calm can hide a storm.
No one walks into this world without something taking form.
You can lock it in the basement, let it own you from below,
Or put your hand upon the rings and tell the monster where to go.
My monster lives the weight that doesn't choose the road.
I keep my hand upon the rings, I tell it where to go.