Monsters

I wrote this poem a few months ago. I thought about publishing it...but then I decided it is just not something I want put out there (professionally). Anyway, I wrote this poem after watching an episode from Criminal Minds. I think the episode was called "Six Seconds." There was this song that came on during that episode by Imogen Heap and I knew I just had to jot down something. It was a spur of the moment sort of thing. Please enjoy the song that inspired me to write this poem and also (if you you can) the poem itself. I always cry when Imogen sings: "You're scaring me! You're scaring me to death!" and also "I've got a bad feeling...trust me on this one....you're gonna throw it all away!" When she says "Smash!" I flinch from the sting of it. Such artistry in this song. 


Namaste,
VC



"Monsters"

Monsters all around me

smiling so wide

using their deception

to hide in plain sight

When we were children

our parents often said

the monster in question

lived under our beds.

But this isn't true

we know these are lies

monsters hunt everywhere

in disguise, they survive

Unspoken, unseen

and veiled by our silence

they creep undisturbed

and act out their violence

Vulnerable children

with eyes on their pillows

fall victim and prey

eaten and swallowed.

And no one cries out! 

These speechless parents…

A muted community…

Our broken spirits…

Monsters blow kisses

whisper so sweet

you'll almost never find one

beneath the bed where you sleep. 

New Release!!!

My newest publisher has released their first issue with MY poetry! I have three poems published in aaduna's first issue but all of the stories are amazing. I especially like Michelle Tan's, "Belonging To My Body," Cyd Charisse Fulton's, "Good News," Liberation Breed's, "Tuesday's Apocalypse," and Sunil Narayan's, "A Swan Who Wallows In Lotus Laden Ponds." It makes me so proud to be part of a talented and multiculturally diverse bunch of writers. Unlike my fellow colleagues at my other publishers, the writers at aaduna look and write like me. My issues are THEIR issues. I GET them and they get me. 


It's such a good feeling! 


Anyway, it won't cost you a thing, so go check it out when you get the time! 


Go aaduna! Go diversity!