Jim Yerman Monsters Poems

"Mommy! Daddy! "
Her screams woke them and when they ran to her she said,
"I think there's a monster in my closet and another one under by bed."
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MONSTERS

When we are young if we are lucky our parents and family form the team who keep us warm and safe and help fulfill our dreams.
They're around us every day to help alleviate our dread.
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When we are children, if we're lucky, our parents form a team…they teach us how to love and show us how to dream….they keep us safe and warm and happy…they make sure that we're well fed…they are the ones, when we're afraid of the dark, who check for monsters neath our bed.

But the children of war…and their parents…are not so lucky because day or night…on the ground or in the air…how can parents protect their children when there are monsters everywhere?
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"Daddy! " the young boy screamed one night,
his voice was filled with dread
When his dad arrived his son cried out,
"There's a monster beneath my bed! "
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When she was young she was afraid of dragons…of ogres and monsters under her bed
and even when she grew up those fears were in her head.

He, too, grew up afraid of dragons…he too felt the dread
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