Poem: Monsters

Monsters

They resided under the bed

I knew they were there

Lift the bed’s apron … twice

Quickly!

Nothing

They were there

Trust me

Never a threat

Until a finger to a light switch

So all went dark

And they were there

Run to the bed!

Tuck the blanket in fully around me

My only defense

Yet here I sit today

Having warded off the monsters

Hidden under my childhood bed

They were there

Copyright SGW 2014

Footnote:  Poetry prompt #243 in Melissa Donovan’s “1200 Creative Writing Prompts”

Poem: Ends

Ends

Moments pass as clocks spin

Little nooks of happiness reveal

Warmths of joyful pleasure

Linger in these pockets of sanctuary

For their finite nature is absolute

And they fade from view

As life moves to other destinations

Consciously, one must breathe in these jewels of time

Mental images marking what has come

And gone

The sadness of that which is lost …

Is it lost?

Or just embraced within

While some new adventure gestates

I will miss what has ended

But also rejoice in the beautiful memory

For then it lives forever

  

Copyright SGW 2013