Loving this poem @josediccus. I also entered scuzzy slam this week last minute ;-) It seems like we have tackled similar subject matter my friend. I too would like to highlight these lines as a great metaphor for the battle against the inner critic.

Fiction is a fact
battling beasts without flesh
a figment of our anxiety

Also, loved these images:

abstract beelzebub lurking

ethreal foes
entities without arms or toes
hurling spears at nemesis within

Nice work!