Submissions by OutrageouslyZoe

When I was a child I feared monsters.
The red-eyed and boney one under the bed,
the green, slimey one in the closet,
the pale ghostly one in the bathroom.

When I was a child, I feared mere figments
of my imagination.
Those monsters were not real,
nor will they ever be.

But now I fear reality.
I fear that I am losing touch with the ones I hold dearest.
I fear that they will soon cast me aside,
and I will be alone.

I can feel it happening.
My fears, my "monsters" are becoming real.
They are no longer fears; ...

People are colors.
My best friend is fiery pink,
and my little brother is bright red.
Everyone always had one color,
until you.

You were every color of the rainbow.
You were an isolated orange, then a sunny yellow.
You were a passionate red, then a mischievous green.
Sometimes you were a cool and light-hearted blue,
and other times you were a fun and curious violet.

At first I was frightened by you,
because nobody had ever been multicolored.
But now I am in love with you, for the same reason.

You are everything...

Everywhere. I see myself everywhere.
I am in the window of a passing car,
or of a shop that I pass on the street.
I am in the puddles that form in the rain,
and the beautiful pond that I see
when I walk through the forest.
I am in things as small as a silver spoon,
and I am in things as large as lakes, oceans, even.

I see myself seemingly everywhere I go,
so why do I feel as though my reflection is a stranger?
Why am I so unfamiliar to myself?
Many times I've been startled when I look in a mirror,
for I do not...