Monsters

If we aren't careful
They will eat us yet
When we are older
We realise that
The monsters now live
Inside of our heads.

They will never go
Away as there is
No light within us
They never eat us
As children as they
Wait until we're old.

Then they come to life
In all shapes and forms:
Illness and worry
Death, loss and despair
All eating your soul
Wearing you away

Ever so slowly

Until

You become

Nothing