The Monsters Friend
There’s a monster
Only I know
It comes out at night
Softly creeping
There’s a monster
Unseen
Jumps on me so quickly
Strangling my cries with a hit
This monster comes
Each night
Teasing me
Taunting me
And each time I’m left
Broken
Sobbing
A wreck
But a survivor.
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But there are nights
There are nights
Where the monster is not alone
It comes with a friend
Now, this friend, this friend is also mine
This friend is gentle
And kind
This friend soothes me
But each time this friend envelops me
In her silken glow
My arms sting
And my legs become damp
Oozing
And leaking
She releases me from a corset
That keeps my emotions in check
And she drinks this
Surrounding me like a barrier
So I am protected
So I am hidden and devoured
Then she leaves
And I am exposed
And naked
I am freezing
This friend leaves
Yet the monster stays
And I always wonder
Which of us is truly her friend?