Monster

from "Monsters" by Dudley Saunders

What cries
For an
Embrace
And then
Pulls away

What stays
When it should go
What leaves
When it needs a home
What seeks a crowd
Then yearns to be alone

Just go on
I'll only slow you down
And the monster's coming now

What thoughts intrude
When a body's moving under you
So you can't wait
‘Til love you make
Is through

Who is
That which
Bent on the wheel
Feeling what
I cannot feel

What sleeps
When it should wake
What gives
When it so needs to take
What waits until it's strong
Before it breaks

Just go on
I'll only slow you down
And the monster's coming now

What runs
Wanting to be caught
What needs to know
But will not talk
What knows to love
But doesn't know
To stop