Morning Monsters: Lyrical Sunday

Morning Monsters

I awake groggy to the sound of an alarm

Already a monster at work in my head

The one who whispers and pins me down

Saying ‘you don’t want to get out of a warm bed’

But I shrug off his hold, put on my clothes

Listening to an even more terrifying sound

A rattle at the windows, a screeching in the air

An invisible monster is all around

Am I mad to go outside and face this beast?

Today it seems I must be

But I brace myself and open the door

Stepping out tentatively

The monster spits at me

Like pinpricks it stings my face

No-one in their right mind

Would dare to put him in his place

He constantly catches me off guard

Each footstep a struggle to put  here or there

And when he sends his worst at me

I’m left hovering, stationery in the air

Around each corner brings a new surprise

Will the monster await me round this bend?

And then when I least expect it

The monster suddenly becomes my friend

For when the monster is at my back

I find myself surging ahead

The violent battering stops in its tracks

Becoming an encouraging shove instead

When I at last reach home again

Four solid walls keep the monster at bay

I realise although my morning battle is over

It will just have to be fought again another day

I didn't take any photos of my crazy early morning outing but this was the exact pose the monster caught me in several times today! 

Linking up to Catching the Magic's Lyrical Sunday with this week's theme of Monsters..