Lovely Penguin

this is a poem i wrote recently. it’s something of a change from the stuff i’ve been writing lately. i have some lighter poems to come after this…don’t worry, i haven’t gone emo yet. (and if you haven’t watched tickle me emo on youtube you really need to…that means you ferraro).
monster
by marie Gordon

I check my mirror
Watch the reflection
This is not a dream
I want to be sure

How long has it been
Since I slept quiet
Since my nightmares ceased
Into alertness

I sit up checking
The windows and locks
Scanning with my eyes
The monster is there

It never occurred
That it wouldn’t hide…
Enter through the door
To terrify me

To implant nightmares
Into waking hours
To stalk my night’s dreams
A fly on the wall

And I thought it buzzed
Like a little moth
Soft, but not leering
Monster watching me

I turn on my lights
Still I see its face
On every wall
It does not hide

I have seen its face
It will rip your mind
Crush your childhood dreams
Rape your every will

Wake me, wake me
Monsters exist
I say to you

No one told me either

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