There is a monster in the dark
Across my room it roams
I mustn't make a quiet sound
For fear it stifle my moans

There looms a titan above my bed
And I stay frozen in place
Till dawn comes, my limbs numb
I long for mother’s embrace

“Be gone!”, I say, with courage the next night
“Go away, you wretched beast!”
The behemoth grins a devilish smile
And says I am to be his feast

Across I run, to the door
The hallways seem to stretch
But I find my way to the kitchen-top
And I seize the knife

I see red, and then a blur
I see my parents lying in blood
I freeze in place
And stare in dismay
I refuse to believe what I have done

There is a monster in the dark
Across my room it roams
But now it knows what I’ve become
And stares out the window
Up into the silent stars