Monsters within

 

I keep my friends close

and my enemies within.

My angels kept on hold,

greensleeves playing continuously.

My demons are on speed dial

and they keep calling me,

breathing monstrously,

then hanging up

before I've had a chance to speak.

 

I was told

never to believe in fantasy,

but all the outcomes of life

have shown me

that all the fantastical stories

are built on reality.

There really are monsters in the dark.

That sound you hear at night

could be the reaper at work.

The grinding churns at 2am

are beasts chowing down on countless men.

 

What I saw in the shadows

swayed me. Frayed my emotions

and dismayed me. Now what I see

is haunting, the beings in the darkness

avoiding our view,

Creeping deeper into the shade,

ready to devour you.

 

I was told it is all fiction,

but what is fiction

but truth told through a twisted view.

What I saw in wide awake nightmares,

the being stood there,

fingers beckoning me in.

The lingering scent of fear,

alarmed goosebumps on my skin,

wasn't make belief,

if it was, I'd be able to get some relief

when I close my eyes at half past three.

 

I keep my friends close,

my demons stroll beside.

They keep perfect stride,

never outpacing,

or ending up waylaid at a layby.

Now I hold the demons hands,

for idle hands make devilish

work they say,

and my angels have my heart

held perfectly in steady waves.

 

 

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