Open Wounds and Rewinding Memories (Poem Collection)

Darkness and Monsters

When I was little, I remember

Always fascinated with light

Terrified of darkness with lurking monsters

Clinging on to teddies as I sleep at night

But a decade later, it's all changed

The darkness is my faithful friend

Never responds but listens to my troubles

Will always be a part of me till the end

I'm not scared of monsters anymore

I know they are real but they don't scare me

Because I realised soon enough that

These terrible monsters are inside me

People find it disturbing, it's their opinion

But it's calming, soothing to a few

For we contemplate and hope, although there's no hope

Persuading ourselves to think that we'll get through

The darkness, the monsters, it's a part of me now

Addicted to the negativity seeping inside

Not wanting to get out of this cocoon, never

Just wanting to crawl into the darkness and hide