Remember,
when we were younger
and we were scared
of the monster in the closet?
We never asked questions about it
why it was there
why the closet, of all places?
we were too terrified
But as we grew older
some of us stopped being afraid
because we knew it couldn’t hurt us
why be scared of something that couldn’t hurt you?
But some of us didn’t
to some of us, the monster grew
and it would attack us
late at night
Some of us weren’t afraid
but later in life
we confronted the monster again
and all those years of work dwindled down the drain
However, as we all grew
we, at some point, accepted the monster
sometimes welcoming it as a friend,
someone to listen
And as the days went by
all of us growing older
and finding ourselves, one day at a time,
the monster disappeared
It was like a weight off our chest
we were sad it was gone, but happy all the same
We could finally leave the confines of this place
and breathe
and laugh
and smile
maybe we were the monsters in the closet after all
Dec 18, 2017
Dec 18, 2017 at 9:50 AM UTC
Remember,
when we were younger
and we were scared
of the monster in the closet?
We never asked questions about it
why it was there
why the closet, of all places?
we were too terrified
But as we grew older
some of us stopped being afraid
because we knew it couldn’t hurt us
why be scared of something that couldn’t hurt you?
But some of us didn’t
to some of us, the monster grew
and it would attack us
late at night
Some of us weren’t afraid
but later in life
we confronted the monster again
and all those years of work dwindled down the drain
However, as we all grew
we, at some point, accepted the monster
sometimes welcoming it as a friend,
someone to listen
And as the days went by
all of us growing older
and finding ourselves, one day at a time,
the monster disappeared
It was like a weight off our chest
we were sad it was gone, but happy all the same
We could finally leave the confines of this place
and breathe
and laugh
and smile
maybe we were the monsters in the closet after all
I decided to write this poem since both my friend and I are struggling with our sexuality. The monster symbolizes the burden of keeping it a secret. And at the end, when the monster disappears, it's because the person had finally came out of the closet. :)
