As children,

We lay awake,

Frightened to death,

Of the monsters,

Living in our closet.

As tweens,

We lay awake,

Frightened to death,

Of the amount of homework,

We’ll have in the future.

As teens,

We lay awake,

Frightened to death,

Of the people,

Hiding in school.

As 18s,

We lay awake,

Frightened to death,

Of what is to come,

In the future.

We think back to the time,

When our biggest fear,

Was the monsters in our closets.

We think back,

To when the worst idea,

Was homework.

We think back to the time,

When we couldn’t fathom,

The idea life got worse.

Now our closet door shut tightly,

Might the monsters come again.