It's time To Feed My Monster
It's time to feed my monster,
How shall he dine today?
Will he feast on little greenbacks
And spend it all at play?
But when the purse is empty,
Will his endless void be filled?
And quiet my little monster's rage
Till his wrath at last be stilled.
Oh what shall I feed my monster,
Perhaps he hungers flesh?
A desire to be held and loved
And made to feel his best.
Though lust is just a substitute,
It's true love that he desires.
What a twisted way of thinking
My monster's thoughts aquire!
"Nay!" says my little monster.
"Today I dine alone
And feast on all that's in my grasp
Untill the food is gone.
And should one attempt to stop me,
Them too will I devour!
So depart and leave me to myself
To feed my pain this hour".
You selfish little monster,
It's me that you'll destroy.
Remember it's I who feeds you
And gives you all that you enjoy.
Just look how big that you've become,
What gradatude is this?
And now you seek to rule my life?
Tomorrow I'll resist.
If I could tame my monster
And have his needs be met,
He'd be just like a child at play
And not some angry pet.
What peace and joy would I too know
Without one slight regret.
But for now I feed my monster...
Tomorrow's not here yet.
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Ronald J. Edwards
Trinity Ink
http://trinityinkexperiencestrengthandhope.blogspot.com
your "ego" is one hell of a monster isn't it :)
very good write I enjoyed reading it
ron
Ron, Thanks for the comment.
Ron,
Thanks for the comment. I'm new at this sort of thing and am pleased to know you liked it.
tonibrittoni
TONI
Ronald J. Edwards
Trinity Ink
http://trinityinkexperiencestrengthandhope.blogspot.com
sorry i wrote tom, dirty glasses :)
keep writing
ron
excellent write.....
this was very cleverly and well written and I enjoyed the last stanza a lot...., keepem coming!....peace
tonibrittoni Thanks so much
tonibrittoni
Thanks so much for your gracious comments. I enoyed writing this alot and could have kept adding to it (my monster is really BIG!), but decided that it was better to end there. Otherwise it would get repetitive and lose impact.
Toni
RE: It's time To Feed My Monster
A very enjoyable read; quite the catchy title. This reminds me of the song 'Jekyll and Hyde' by the Christian rockband Petra. It's based on Romans 7:15
I have a secret that I let nobody see
An evil shadow that's been hanging over me
My alter ego that I try to hold at bay
But despite my good intentions
he can always get away
He does the things that I don't want to do
Sometimes I feel like Jekyll and Hyde
Two men are fighting a war inside
I have this secret that I let nobody see
It's like a split personality
And the one I feed is the one who lives <---- These are the lines to which
The one I starve will be the one who gives <---- I'm referring to. ;-D
He won't do things that I know I should do
Sometimes I feel like Jekyll and Hyde
Two men are fighting a war inside
One gives, one takes, I have to decide
Sometimes I feel like Jekyll and Hyde
I need somebody to rescue me
When personalities clash
I know which person I want to be
With no defiance
Just God-reliance
Logic, when applied to people, fails miserably. --Joseph J. Breunig 3rd
Thanks Joseph! I really
Thanks Joseph! I really appreciate your comments and I like Petra, but I don't remember that song. Now I want to go out and find it so I can listen to it. Also, I love that scripture as well. I hope some day to write another poem and call it, "Good-bye My Little Monster"...maybe 'tomorrow'!
Toni
monsters
Nice job. Everybody has a monster. I wrote about mine too.