Monsters

One day I woke up

In the night

and I saw the monsters under my bed

I was a child

I was scared

They were dancing

Telling me I was dead

I closed my eyes again

And work up in the morning light

I kissed my mother’s cheek

She told me it’s all right

Years later

I lie away in bed

Thinking of the monsters inside of my head

I thought they only came out

When I was asleep

But then I learned

The monsters under my bed

Are nothing but the thoughts

Inside my head

I try to sleep

But I hear them speak

They keep telling me

That they want me

Dead.