Monster Poem by Jessy Liz

Back against a wall I once leaned on in leisure,

I've shut myself up tight from what once brought me pleasure.

I'm screaming out a name that I once whispered in a warm bed,

With an indifferent panic beating through my head.

There are hands around my neck that once locked in my own-

Strangling the breath from me that suddenly feels postponed.

And the eyes that trap me now are eyes I've never seen.

The face is just the same, but there's something just beneath.

And creeping from within is a voice I've never heard;

Like a monster in the night, he seems to slaughter every word.

Breath, by lack of breath I am fading out.

A goodbye kiss and the taste of death is present in my mouth.

Everything just stops and when I think it's finally done,

I wake up in the morning to find the battle's just begun.