Monster

Monster in my head thumping around
Wanting to be heard
Wanting to be seen
It wants its rights
To live out in the light
If I let it out
It won’t be alright!

The monster is a lover
It takes you in and embraces you
Beg you for affection
Softly insinuating itself
Into your heart
It feeds off your kindness
It takes your heart

The monster loves to love
Make you want to live
Within its pumping rhythm
Each beat is an affirmation
Of deep infatuation
A sensuous collision
Of devotion

But the monster is retarded
It knows and emulates love
Gives away kisses and smiles
Holds and loves with sincerity
Embraces the world
Sing to the skies
Love deeply and warmly

But when it gets hurt
It shuffles into me again
Huddles in a corner
Biting its nails in pain
And I bear the brunt
The hurt, the despair
Alone holding the Monster
Called Love within