“I’m terribly scared mother”, I’d say every night
Clutching the tattered end of her sari as she put me to sleep
“Don’t leave me alone mother for I fear the Monster!”
I pleaded and implored her to not leave
There are no monsters in this world, my child” she’d say
But I saw monsters, each and every day
I saw the monster in my mother’s terrified eyes
In the bruises she tried very hard to hide
I could see that the monster hurt her everyday
Yet, never for once she paid heed to what I had to say
“There’s a Monster in the house mother!”, I’d say
I hear it yell and growl behind closed doors everyday
Too scared I am to come out of my room mother.
I know it is very much out there!
“Honey, these are your imaginations or maybe just a dream”, said she
Was she fighting it alone just to keep it away from me?
One chilly night, she died – fighting the monster all alone
How brave she was to give up her life – A hero for me she was!
Quietly as I sobbed, my father approached me with open arms
Tightly I shut my eyes as he came closer and closer
And tried convincing myself, “There are no Monster’s in this world”
“There are no Monster’s in this world”
