monsters and monsters

I don’t spend much time in the light

I'd ather be present in my dreams

Enjoying a better sight

I spend my time in the shadows

Surrounded with the creatures of the night

The conversations make for the best melody

And the whispers of the day the best theatre

The letters from the day tell me the most absurd

And terrible of things

I hear of a group of individuals

A society

That would call themselves humane

Girls who never learned to be women

And boys who were not taught to be men

People who excuse their wrongs

And those who make their wrongs excused

Women who strip the armor from the innocent

And men losing accounts and  balances of responsibility

Individuals who bang out rights with gavels

Like some kind of imperfection or unruly infection

Giving us pieces that are left

Damaged so we never return to them

Or so I fear

I thought them to be only myths

Until I was struck by Zeus

The epiphany came like lightning

I tried to hold it back with chains and bolts

But it left just as quick

The thunder was quieted by  their perceptions

And the realizations was freed by their faulty mirrors

So I went back to my escape

And consulted the shadows for wisdom

And this is what I learned

The monsters are not who we thought

And the predators wear heels and three piece suits

Hunt just the same as claws and razor filled jaws

You hear roars and screeches

You fear the creatures

I’m drowned by their romance language

And captivated by their features

They’re the most beautiful of night terrors

I don’t spend much time in the light

I much prefer the night

The creatures are civil

And their hands are gentle

Their hearts pure

I’d rather be a beast

That does what’s necessary

Than  a robot pretending to have a soul

Who attempts the least

I don’t fear the light

But my home is the dark

There’s illumination here

But no judgment

I’m addicted to the  conversations

Enamoured with the understanding

And deaf to your worries

I’m falling for the terrors

And falling out with ecstasy of the day

And realizing something terrible

There were never monsters among men

Just monsters and monsters

I spend most my moments

Awake to the moon

Dreaming of a better sun