Monsters Will Exist Wherever They Will

A Poem by R. A. Merritt

Metaphorical monsters that devour man

MONSTERS WILL EXIST

WHEREVER THEY WILL

By R. A. Merritt

Monsters will exist wherever they will

Within the dark forest or over the hill

Or down in the water or up in the trees

Monsters will exist wherever they please

And should you perturb them in any way

They might alight and upon that day

They might alight and eagerly thus

Do various evil and make a great fuss

They might crawl forth and angrily stew

To bring 'bout carnage to others and you

So wary you should be when they nearby

Lest others and you in sorrow should cry

Lest horror to come and and fear instill

For monsters will exist wherever they will

And if it is your duty to feed these beasts

You better keep to it not break the lease

For if you won't do as you agreed

To carry forth captives for them to feed

They will come up forced aground

And screech aloud their hungry sound

And spread they will throughout the land

Devouring all, every man

They trundle forth into the night

To satisfy their appetite

For human flesh is what they crave

That alone them to stave

That alone will keep them down

Out of sight and low in ground

Down there deep down below

Down in the darkness we surely know

And if you should deny them what they need

No more willing as you agreed

To toss them others, for them as food

Anger shall swell be their mood

No hope will exist in the maddening shrill

For monsters will exist wherever they will

© 2014 R. A. Merritt

Author's Note

When a young school boy years ago I fell in love with Poe's poetry and have always endeavored to capture the mood he would paint with his pen. This one of my humble
efforts to do so. Inside every human exists a monster that has to be kept at bay for I'm
convinced we are all at times capable of making that monster manifest.