My mother warned me about the monsters underneath my bed And the ones hiding in my closest She told me about the monsters in the world too The ones that would take advantage of me And possibly **** me She never warned me about the monsters With a perfect waterfall of hair And shimmering magenta lips She never warned me about the monsters with a perfect smile And eyes that shine as brilliantly as the moon Or the monsters with freckles that drape like constellations on their cheek bones And the monsters that look at you with a piercing gaze it hurts to breathe She forgot to warn me about monsters with soft skin and devious minds The monsters who walk so elegantly and taunt me with the swaying of their hips The monsters that creep under my skin and speak gentle words into my ear Mommy why didn't you warn me about the monsters that don't look like monsters at all? The monsters that lure me in with their beauty and eat me alive Until they've managed to rip open my sternum and take my heart