when we were
just little kids
our mothers told us
that monsters live
underneath our beds
and inside of
our closets

as we grow up
we realized that
there are no monsters
underneath our beds
or inside of
our closets

the real monsters
live among us
and they're often
disguised as
humans

after all this time
of being so afraid
we were actually
afraid of ourselves
because we are
the real monsters