THE MONSTER

Bella doesn't sleep at night
She's grown very thin
She barely ever eats a thing
Terrified of HIM
It started about a year ago
She came rushing through the door
Screaming about a monster
And tales of blood and gore

It was an ordinary day
Bella always loved the woods
But she never went back from that time on
Not even looking if she could
She told tales of a woman there
Torn up limb from limb
And parts devoured one by one
She saw the monster grin

But no one was ever reported missing
No blood or evidence found
Of anything happening untoward
By the policeman or his hound
There was but one conclusion
No alternative to find
For some reason on the fateful day
Bella had lost her mind

They took her to professionals near and far
Explored childhood memories and dreams
But no obvious cause could ever be found
And at night her terrified screams
Would make up neighbours streets away
Until everybody spoke as one
Everything possible had been tried
Only one thing could be done

The day they came to take her away
She offered no resistance
She just looked up with frightened eyes
And complied with their insistence
The ambulance passed the very woods
Where Bella's younger days were spent
The Monster peered out from behind a tree
And watched it as it went