Here’s Your Warning
Watch out for the unknowns…
The mirror showed a reflection that wasn't my own
This monster can’t really be me…
I was shocked once I sniffed my way home
Dizzily horrified over the sink…
The joyous dreams of mine are foregone
That bright future for me is bleak…
I fear the old me is almost gone
Because I’m slowly becoming a beast…
Blood boiling, vast shifts in my bones
Transformations happening underneath…
Hair growing, mouth starting to foam
Gums bleeding from the push of my teeth…
Mama warned Don’t venture alone
In the woods, things will hide and seek…
Outside has many haunted unknowns
And they aren’t very kind to the weak…
As she tightened my braids with her comb
Sat me in front of her between her knees…
Or as she tucked me in, she read poems
About creatures that secretly creeped…
She told me of kids who decided to roam
Cause they thought it was funny to sneak…
And left their family with only moans
And sad, long, hard lifetimes of grief…
I ignored her serious tone
Didn’t listen to the words she would preach…
There were nightmares that raddled my dome
But they did not strengthen my beliefs…
I can go wherever I want
I would say to myself on repeat…
Singing aloud my one favorite song
Any dumb monster can be beat…
All of my life I’ve been injury-prone
Scraping and falling high from the trees…
But I’m afraid this seed that I’ve sown
Has no antidote or quick remedy…
Body heavy, an immovable stone
A bite mark oozing now with heat…
To the floor my body’s been thrown
These may be the last minutes I’m free…
I feel like I’m dragging along
Hearing voices and quiet peeps…
Saying Your pain will be atoned
Once you find something to eat…
The time has come, my cover is blown
I’ve woken my mother from her sleep…
I can hear her asking What’s wrong
I can smell that she’s paces from me…
I want to tell her to be gone
But, I barely can shout or speak…
I’m not someone she’d disown
So I know either way she would see…
That I didn’t hear her warning
About creatures that secretly creeped…
I’m a kid who decided to roam
Cause I thought it was funny to sneak…
I will leave my family with moans
I will live with a lifetime of grief…
Mama warned Don’t go venture alone
In the woods things will hide and seek…
Outside has many haunted unknowns
And they aren’t very kind to the weak…
One of those bad creatures in her poems
Rushed and took a bite out of me…
Instead of fleeing, I came home
I thought it was the best place for me to be…
But now as Mama asks what’s wrong
I realize I did not really think…
I wish this could be all postponed
I get myself up shakily…
I feel the face that I once known
Dizzily over the sink…
And I look exactly like a clone
Of the beast I had to meet…
A voice tells me Child be strong
And that soon all the pain will cease…
I try hard to reach out my arm
To lock the door before it’s breached…
The voice says Relax now be calm
I crack the mirror and I scream…
Mama rushes cause she’s alarmed
I look towards the face of the beast…
The reflection wasn't my own
This monster can’t really be me…
Mama opens the door and I groan
Grab her neck, then start my feast…
Mama warned me about the unknowns
I should’ve warned her about me…
About the Creator
Alexis Dean Jr.
Alexis “L.E.X” Dean Jr. is a clean Hip-Hop artist, poet, and educator from Milwaukee, WI. As a writer and music artist, he focuses on the importance of educating through his words and stories...
IG: @DreamsStartYoung
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