No More Monsters Under My Bed by: Francis Rebancos (Words conjured after “Monsters under my bed” by Shane Mariz Roslin) by: Francis Rebancos (Words conjured after “Monsters under my bed” by Shane Mariz Roslin) “Say your prayers, loud and clear, final goodbye is said Sleeping, hiding, laying, whispering, planning, all under “Say your prayers, loud and clear, final goodbye is said my bed.” Sleeping, hiding, laying, whispering, planning, all under my bed.” These are the words I came to to conjure These are the words I came conjure Whenever I’m afraid of darkness pure. Whenever I’m afraid of darkness pure.
No More Monsters Under My Bed
Time passed andand I got used to to it it Time passed I got used Endless nights became my solitude and voices turnedinto into Endless nights became my solitude and voices turned music music With little no time I made peace with these noises With little time I madeare peace noises Sick no little monsters firstwith fromthese my choices Sick little monsters are first from my choices Growing up I realized we got monsters under our bed As children fearedwe them tend to under silenceour their calls Growing up I we realized gotand monsters bed today we befriend them them with love As But child we fear them and tendand to feed silence their calls ForBut theytoday are the that never even as the dark night falls weones befriend them leave and feed them with love For they are the ones that never leave even dark night “Say your prayers, loudfalls and clear, final goodbye is said Sleeping, hiding, laying, whispering, planning, all under my bed.” words conjured four years ago,is said “Say your These prayers, loud Iand clear, final goodbye Helped me make peace with those souls. Sleeping, hiding, laying, whispering, planning, all under my bed.” When everyone turned their back, These words I conjured four years ago, and everyone left, Helped me and make with those souls. nopeace human listened, No more monsters under my bed, they were, For they ascended beside me. with me. Everyone leave. Everyone turned their back. No more monsters under my bed, Everyone do not listen. For they are now beside me. But not them.
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