There was a monster, who was, a good friend to me, unlike all those scary things, that’d go BUMP in the nights, come out of darkened corners to scare those kiddies, mine (monster, that is!!!) is one who watched over me, who gobbled up the darkness, so I won’t be scared by the darkness of night.
A monster that gobbled up the darkness, that’s O-D-D, isn’t it? Because, aren’t ALL monsters supposed to be scary, with the sharpened teeth, the wide-open mouths, scaring the SHIT out of those young ones? Well, NOT my monster!
A monster that gobbled up the darkness, it wasn’t scary at all, in fact, it’d held me tight, when the nights get too cold, when the arguments got too god DAMN loud, it’d turned itself into effective EAR-PLUGS that got SHOVED into my ears, so I won’t hear them argue like crazy.
And, this same monster was also the one, who helped me cope, with my parents’ divorce, it’d helped me understand, that their divorce was their doing, that I had nothing to do with it, that it wasn’t my fault, that they’d gotten divorce, that I was merely, a mishap, a product, of their UNPROTECTED FUCK (oopsy!).
Now that I’m older, I still remember, those younger years, with that monster, who’d stayed by my side, who’d kept me, wrapped up, safe, AND sound, in ITS two furry arms, as my world fell apart, and, I’m very grateful, to you, my MONSTER friend, for accompanying me, through those TOUGHEST, HARDEST years of my younger life………
Life, the Obstacle Course 