Hoping to Last the Night
Feb 29 2024
As a child, lying in the dark
I feared the monsters in the closet
under my bed.
So I closed my eyes,
lay as still as possible,
and made myself small
hoping not to be noticed.
Snakes and spiders, of course.
Being orphaned
and a third world war,
back when when the Doomsday clock
was closing in on midnight.
Who would have guessed
that now, a grown-up, I fear so much more.
Because it turns out, the monster was real,
and there are lots of them
disguised in human form.
If only it were spiders and snakes
in place of these monstrosities.
They came out from under the bed
left the closet
but passed over me;
too small to bother with
because they have bigger things in mind.
So I suppose I was right to close my eyes
and hope to last the night.
Too bad there's no escape
from our collective fate
at their grim malevolent hands.
The world has grown darker
and all I can do is wait
and lie as still as possible;
one small powerless man
straining for a glimpse
of morning light
in the hope the darkness will lift.
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