Living next
door in the boarded up house
Dwelt a
monster dressed as a man
Walking among
us, smiling at you
He is your
neighbor you never knew
Of the dark
secret hiding inside
In the dark
house
In those
dark rooms
With no one to
see,
No one to
hear
Their silent
cries.
Their life
was a nightmare no one should live
Every day
filled with horror— no way to escape,
And the
MONSTER FED ON HIS PREY.
He devoured
their souls,
Then, he
walked among us
And we didn't know.
How did he
hide all that evil inside?
Inside his
shell,
Inside his
house,
Inside his
empty eyes?
Could no one
see the monster inside?
Could no one
hear those little girl’s cries?
~kathie adams brown (May 9, 2013)
