Castles in the Sky (Poetry)

Tonight

Tonight

Wake up.

Cram the monsters from your dreams 

back under the bed.

Let them dance

with the skeletons in your closet.

Unclench your hands and we'll bury them together.

Let the digging calm your shaking fingers

and I'll wash the soil from your skin.

We can let the monsters hide in the darkness for now,

you and I.

Tomorrow we'll face them

when the light exposes their cruel faces.

Tomorrow we'll face them

when there are no shadows to shove them into.

Tomorrow we'll face them

when they must be faced;

together. Always together.

But tonight we'll sleep

while the darkness still hovers in the air.

Tonight we'll pretend there are no monsters at all.

Tonight we'll forget 

that they're breathing down our necks

and stirring inside.