Monsters

Monsters? What are monsters? Are they the things that lurk in the darkest places where you can barely see them? Or monsters? The ones that walk among us taking form as people we may or may not be familiar with? Do you wanna know who the true monsters are? Our very own thoughts that gnaw at us like a predator to its prey. Heightening our darkest fears and biggest insecurities. Making us feel less than what we're actually worth, The thoughts that strip away our identity as we strive for what's considered "normal". The same thoughts that heighten our fear and paranoia of what the world considers "monsters", So much that we don't even realize that our mind is the deadliest monster of them all. And by the time we've realized it's far too late, for the monster has consumed us Plaguing our every thought and action. Now we're no longer scared of the monsters around us but instead of the monster within.