The Monster

THE MONSTER

She crushes me

in her

voluminous tentacles

squeezing,

squeezing,

squeezing,

the very life

out of me.

But, wait

she is not

done.

She dallies,

teasing me

with brief surcease

but again

she resumes

her specialty.

To create

unending,

eternal,

horrific,

undeniable,

pain.

Her gift

if you can

call it that,

is to

not kill

me

but

to make

me stronger

in ways

I do not

yet know.

How special

is that?