Monsters Within
Tonight I write by hurricane light,
As the rain, it falls, in the dead of night,
And the sky is ablaze with white fiery light.
The winds blows fierce,
A forlorn moan that seems to pierce,
As a chill creeps along my skin,
Fear is struck in the hearts of my kin.
Their eyes blaze white,
As the thunder peals throughout the night,
The perceived clatter of a doom bell,
Signaling time in an earthly hell.
My bird, he caws - A sign of grief,
My Maw-Maw prays - firm in her belief,
That gods and saints protect us here,
That, we children, have naught to fear.
Until the thunder rocks the house,
We screech and cower like a mouse,
Scream, beg, and plead - Forgive!
Hoping all the while to live,
Through this fearsome hellish storm,
Live to see the next day dawn.
