The Monster Under Her Bed.

 

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" I'm friends with the monster that's under my bed "

~Eminem ft Rihanna- The Monster

Eerie silence engulfs the room.

A fleeting stream of light from a vehicle passing by,

Blackness greets her open eyes,

A chill sweeps over uncovered thighs.

Stillness embraces the mystical room,

Movement, the rise and fall of her chest.

Movement stills as she holds her breath,

Listening, listening, waiting. 

In the years she'd never seen,

The story passed down through centuries,

Little children sleeping in dread,

Of the creature under their bed.

Skin-ripping claws,

Flesh-digging teeth,

Red eyes piercing the dark,

Waiting, watching, hunting...

Second-nature, buried under layers deep,

Known to her shadow and herself

To err is to be human,

To dream of death, also human?

Nobody's home, nobody's here,

A lonely night, a lonely room,

Mocking shadows dance across the walls,

Waiting, listening, watching. 

Eerie silence screeches out a lullaby,

An empty bed, second nature shed.

Movement in a darkened void 

Red eyes, the creature under the bed.