I

Am

The

Monster

Hidden in the darkness of a cave

Disconnected, a bounded slave

My surroundings are a trove of my unwanted past

Bounded limbs are testaments I can’t outlast

I

Am

The

Monster

Imprisoned by man

Just another thing they aren’t willing to understand

You stumble upon me when you are lost

And then get angry when you must pay my cost!

I

Am

The

Monster

Who should rip you to shreds!

Put you in my collection of disembodied heads !

Go away!

Please Obey!

I

Am

The

Monster

With sharpened teeth, the one who only leaves behind grief.

And you, standing there are nothing but a thief!

You’re trying to steal from a vicious old me!

Come closer and pay my final fee

I

Am

The

Monster

So why are you offering your hand?

Stop this, I don’t understand!

You say a name that rings through this wretched cave

A name that shakes me, a name I crave

I

Am

The

Monster

So why am I crying?

Why are you not on the floor close to dying?

I look at you, recognition in my eyes

And then with one hand you pull off my disguise

I am not the monster

Just a woman who is all fight

Someone who bound herself to this cave one night

You take off the things that chain me here

You look at my face without any fear

I cannot take it!

I cannot commit!

I

Am

The

Monster

Remember this, I said

And then in one single gulp, I left you for dead.

Surrounded by my past, corpses rotten with my sin

I look upon them all with a sickly grin

I

Am

The

Monster