I am standing with my back against the closet door
I want to keep the monsters in
I know they will sneak out
Once I walk away

“Oh it’s all in your head,” you say

Ah yes, perhaps that is why I want to keep
them in the closet
Better there than when I am asleep
to have them hiding under my bed

Which means…
well you know what that means
And that is better left unsaid.