Anonymous
High School Students
October 2023
Prompt: Design a monster and write a short story about it.
Tick-tock goes the clock as I listen to it growl
As time goes on I want to cry and all I'm thinking about is why
Cause I want to escape from the smell so foul
As I try to stay alive
Some things you can’t avoid
When you think you’re in the clear
You get sucked back into the void
Of everyone’s biggest fear
Every time I step on in
I start making a mental list
I feel isolated once again
My mind and soul can’t coexist
With the frail beast that’s lurking there
Waiting for its targets
Seeing its face fills me with despair
As dark and gray as it gets
The desire to protect my family
Flares up like a fire
How can I focus possibly
When their situation is more dire?
The beast never rushes
As we suffer day by day
But gravity ever crushes
as it’s pulling us away
It caused me great pain and how sassy we became
It always irks me by lurking around me
As its attitude overcame
Everyone as far as I can see
Its penetrating eyes staring
Lets you know that you’re next
The horrible brightness glaring
And you fall under its hex…
When suddenly our allies
Step in and blow us away
Acting as our heroes from the lies
And finally saving the day
Some things take a toll
When you’ve gone through all you can take
But looking at it as a whole
It was all just a huge mistake…
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