Monsters In the Night

No monsters here says mother bright

Yet I know they come in the night

Creeping forth from the shadows

Down the chimney with their mayhem

Even now I can hear them

My dark and blighted glacial foes

Softly to the front room I sneak

To save us from the danger

When what should I see before my eyes?

Christmas tree blazing and Santa

Brushing himself free of cinders

While reindeer chase blights through the skies

And we sit down for milk and cookies

Safe in the light that Christmas brings

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Saving the Princess

Through starry night the dragon soars

O’er darkened streets and sycamores

While the city sleeps behind locked doors

At the castle the dragon roars

And carries off the princess

Torches now light the way below

The city takes an orange glow

A single archer nocks his bow

But cannot hit the fearsome foe

Escaping into darkness

Night covers their headlong flight

’Til another city comes in sight

The palace windows all alight

Waiting to greet the scaly knight

Who flew to save the princess
And was crowned with gold upon his head

Now she rests in her own bed

Fireworks burst overhead

As the joyous news is spread

The city bathes in brightness

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Broken

Left arm broken

Healing slowly

I’ve just got one goal

I want my arm moving again

So I keep trying

One exercise after another

Wincing sharply

I take a deep breath

And keep going

Despite the pain

Knowing that someday

I’ll be whole again

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