My response to Mindlovemisery’s Menagerie Writing Prompt #151 “Collage 19”
‘We stopped checking for monsters under the bed when we realized they were inside of us.’ Charles Darwin.
We stopped checking for monsters under the bed,
the sandman, and the bogeyman in the closet,
and searched elsewhere for our thrills instead:
ghost hunting
in abandoned buildings,
inverting
the crucifix,
pushing
pins in dolls.
Until,
one day,
we looked in the mirror
and realised the monsters
were
inside
of
us.
© Kim M. Russell, 2016
writing in north norfolk 
This is deep Kim. Gosh! We need to exorcise our inner monster’s
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Great job with the quote! This is a smack in the face, in the good way haha
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Thank you 😈
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wow that ending is chilling! I agree that that quote is fantastic.
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Maybe one day we will all be aware of this illuminating fact. Beautiful poem.
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Wonderful poem! You did a great job with this quote!
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So true.
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A chilling realization!
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