keep the monsters at bay
so they wont do me harm,
they always seem friendlier
when the presence of love is gone.
keep them chained and make them mute
so their two cents won’t turn
soliloquies to infernal disputes.
keep the double agents confused
let them be guiled by who’s who
and fool’s fools.
let my victories be their defeats,
there will be no stalemates
nor calls for truce.
I’ve been afraid to speak, hear or see the rage –
wary that manifestations takes place
when pens turn to wands and start
spellbinding from the page.
I’m chary that i’ll somehow give in
watching betrayal sink in, when the journey
from led to gold beens filled
with ulterior motives rivalling rumpelstiltskin.
please keep them at bay
let the response to their suggestions
be indubitable nays.
let these and those monsters
forever be dismayed,
let there be answers from the ancestors
to keep me happy and to maintain sanity.
i beg you
keep the monsters at bay
because i sense them
parcelling the atmosphere
while hoping a friendly face will rear
as grief nears, gloom sears
the face inside the tears
from the face that tears has tears.
praying for the son to shine
despite the sunshine in a hurricane.
keep the monsters away
on a continuous time loop,
sitting on the dock of… that bay;
keep them there
away from the darkness and fears
away from the doubts and the cares-
away from love and all that matters
to my soul.
just keep the monsters at bay
that i may cry peacefully
and feel the reality of life’s ebb and flow.
keep them away that i may live
in abundance and be whole.
keep them away ‘til theres nothing left to ‘until
then keep them away still,
just please keep the monsters at bay
i fear their presence only causes decay.
and id rather the feeling
of love and happiness and creativity remain…
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