Monsters

The shots had only just faded, The screaming finally died, But the music kept on playing Like nobody had cried. A young girl lay before me, And the world just carried on, That’s the day I learned that monsters Can look like anyone. The things we see, Don’t always leave with time, Some become a shadow Living quietly inside. Though the years keep moving forward, Some memories never run, That’s the day I learned that monsters Can look like anyone. The problem with the monsters Looking like anyone, Is every stranger carried The face of one of them. The quiet thoughts would find me, Though they never stayed for long, My mind would choose to show me The girl, the gun smoke, the song. The things we see, Don’t always leave with time, Some become a shadow Living quietly inside. Though the years keep moving forward, Some memories never run, That’s the day I learned that monsters Can look like anyone. The darkness, it persisted, It followed me for years, Until I learned that courage Isn’t living without fear. The monsters, they are real, That fact did not change, But this life has more to offer Than letting them remain. Some wounds don’t leave completely, Some scars refuse to fade, But I won’t give tomorrow To the ghosts of yesterday. I cannot change that evening, Or the things that I’ve become, But I can choose to keep on living Though the memories still come. The things we see, Don’t always leave with time, Some become a shadow Living quietly inside. Though the years keep moving forward, Some memories never run, That’s the day I learned that monsters Can look like anyone. That’s the day I learned that monsters Can look like anyone. Can look like anyone…