This is a poem by M.J.Moore

The Monster

I awake and in an instant am unveiled
with wet cold sheets,the dream still running.
Yes!I have survived another.
I lie facing the images of another day
More real and more terrifying,
My body trembles in anticipation.
I have become a choiceless thing
Who slinks along the edges of my world.
Inside me lives the beast,waiting to rampage
At one false move,one scare-filled thought
Through the inside of my heart
Ripping and tearing,
sending waves of terror to every cell.
Stay still!Don't think!Stop feeling!
It's too late!
Thump,thump,thump,heart calling!
Time to run,time to hide,no time to breathe!
Sweat,vomit!collapse!Lose my mind!
Die!
Can I present myself in front of another day?
I hate crowds,my bully boss,
Entrapment,cars,in trains,and buses
Stay in bed,I'm safer there.
Mine is a secret life.