He Hides From Himself

He hides his baleful expression behind his hands,
He doesn't dare show it to these monsters in the room.
He doesn't dare.
The monsters skid their claws along countertops and floorboards.
All the while he hides behind his hands.
He can remember a time from before,
When he was supercilious.
When he was the precipice.
Now he hides behind his hands.

The bane of it now is that he hides from the monsters in the room,
He hides from their fastidious gnawing of bones.
Hides from his own reflection of the mirror that hangs strategically above the bar where the patrons can't hide from view.
But he finds a way to hide from himself.

The monsters gesticulate their limbs,
Some from losing a game of poker,
Some from losing their heads.
He doesn't dare look at the monsters,
He doesn't dare.
He continues to hide behind his hands.

He hides from his fake demure attitude,
He knows it's just a ruse to fool others.
Though the monsters raise their eyebrows,
As if to say 'we know what you really are'
But he hides from that too.
The monsters give him more time,
So he can arrest his thoughts and stop hiding behind his hands.
All the monsters have are time after all.

He hides his face behind his hands,
Remembering when he was the wonderous,
When he wasn't this.
The monsters smile, teeth and fangs gleaming in the iridescent light,
Calling him closer.
His stomach churns in disgust.

He's still hiding his face behind his hands,
Hiding from the monsters in the room,
From the bartender who stopped serving him whiskey shots not much longer then an hour before,
From the mirror that shows him as he is,
He hides from himself.

Reviews

[Tom C]

Yea I had an Uncle who was a drinker. Killed him. Get away from the monster. Good one.

[Eloha]

It's time to write, again.

Aella lives...

[Aella.lives]

Thanks!!! Soooo much!

[Eloha]

I miss your writing!

[Elaenor Aisling]

Brilliant work. This reminds me a lot of one of my friends. Really enjoyed reading this piece! Again, lovely work.

[Kaa Na Kalyanasundaram]

Very powerful write. Great. with wishes.

[Sleeping Maiden]

Gosh.. this was really interesting! Fascinating.. dark.. yet mysterious.. and it gave me chills..somehow. I was imagining while reading this so i can vividly think of scary things for the monsters part... >.< oh gosh.. lol..
But i love this write. Your words were unique and impressive. Wonderful!

[Vertigoingnowhere]

wow this is freakin amazing i loove your word choice and the nature of your writing style :) good job! mind checking out some of my stuff? thanks

[AK]

Beautiful poem! Incredible style! Impressive choice of words! Sheer amazing!

[John Fitzgerald]

there's an incredible broken rhythm in this piece. a fascinating read, well done.

[*~*Butterfly Kisses*~*]

This is a strong and powerful write. I believe we all have a little good vs evil inside ourselves, its up to us what side we really want to let out.

Wonderfully penned. Nicely done!

~Anna Rose

[Forevermore]

damn, its alot of guys dealing wit that, years ago i was.
I like it and i bet abunch of other guys will too