I'm Not Afraid of Monsters

June 19, 2016

You don’t get to have me 

You can’t have me anymore

I take a deep breath 

Everything is okay 

Kinda

I’m scared 

I feel trapped

But there’s no reason for me to be scared anymore

You can’t get me and you never will.

You monster.

“Is this what you think of me now?” 

“You think I’m some kind of monster?”

You’ve always been a monster, 

But I was blind ,

Naive.

 I didn’t see you for who you really are.

I hate being afraid of you 

You don’t deserve my anxiety

The nights I can’t sleep are because the scars you left

And I'm left wondering if I’ll ever forget

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