Once upon a time

A little monster didn't like the dark

This little monster hid under the bed because he was scared

This little monster jumped when he saw his shadow because everyone else did

His feet dragged behind him like two anchors

Maybe it was because he had an extra toe on each foot

Or maybe it was because he didn't want to cross the doors to school

His hunched back let him observe the colorfully painted pavement

All the little flowers and cars drawn on the ground appeared blurry to him becuse he was cross eyed 

The little monster unintentionally scraped away at the chalk drawn pictures as his feet dragged behind him

The now muddled drawings looked unrecognizable

Soon after that the whispers started

"Here comes the monster"

"I swear he was in my nightmares last night"

"He looks creepier everyday"

The pavement in front of him soon became masked with his tears

No matter how many times the little mosnter had heard those things his contored lip never

faltered in trembling

Even monsters cry

They looked at him and saw the monster under their bed but in reality they were the monsters under his 

The little monster couldn't help not having the tips of his ears

The little monster couldn't help not having normal feet

The little monster couldnt help being cross eyed

The little monster couldnt help being hunched back 

The little monster couldn't help being himself

Because this little monster was created by an even bigger monster

The monster called addiction

The monster that haunted his mother while she was pregnant

The bigger monster that made him like this

The bigger monster that wouldn't go away

He was a little monster

One that didn't want be afarid of his shadow anymore

One that wanted friends 

Because even a monster gets lonely

Even little mosters need love