Creature Feature

Life now has become more terrifying,

than any fictional monsters on my tv screen.

I can pause a horrifying film and step away,

but I cannot pause a moment of reality.

Tiny screens filled with murder and mayhem,

just another day on social media, no warnings.

I don’t even flinch at jump scares anymore,

Because stepping outside is scarier than ghosts in the attic.

I feel more prepared for a zombie apocalypse,

than for the horrors tomorrow holds.

We’ve all got targets on our backs now,

Like we’re being hunted by a madman.

Only this time he’s not weilding a chainsaw or chomping with vampire fangs,

He’s in the highest position in the country,

Bringing on the Purge.