the Boogie Man
the boogie man’s not lurking in
our bedroom closets, glowing red,
with dust bunnies, candy wrappers,
socks underneath our beds,
he doesn’t only strike at night despite
the tales you’ve read,
he certainly can’t read your mind
but there’s still cause for dread,
because you see it’s what you can’t
see holding you in fear,
it’s the unknown, that’s threatening
all that you hold dear
scary words like what if, I can’t
blaring between your ears
unconsciously you know him well
he’s right there in the mirror
~kat
For MindLoveMiserysMenagerie’s Sunday Writing Prompt: For this prompt I’d like you to focus on creating a portrait of the Boogie Man or some other supernatural being in a very concrete and descriptive way. What does this creature look like? Why does it do what it does? Is it evil or simply misunderstood?
like mercury colliding... 
April 14th, 2019 at 5:45 pm
Oh yes, I’ve seen him often!
Wonderful!
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April 14th, 2019 at 5:50 pm
Me too Peter, only mine is a she not a he! 😉 thank you!
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April 14th, 2019 at 6:45 pm
Oh My I LOVE LOVE LOVE this! That is so incredibly true. The scariest character and critic I’ve ever known stares back at me from that mirror every morning. And she bears and uncanny resemblance to my MOTHER! YIKES. Great poem. 😉
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April 14th, 2019 at 7:35 pm
Isn’t that the truth! I still hear my parents’ voices in my head. It was years before I could leave a dish unwashed in the sink! And there are so many times I’d wished I’d have listened to my heart and gone to college to study journalism. Thanks JP. 🙂
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April 14th, 2019 at 11:30 pm
Yes, we fear the unknown. Great post
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April 15th, 2019 at 11:32 am
Sometimes I think we even fear freedom.
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April 15th, 2019 at 12:02 pm
Exactly.
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April 14th, 2019 at 11:37 pm
WOW WOW WOWZA–you’ve summed it up perfectly, Kat!!
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April 15th, 2019 at 11:32 am
We are definitely our own worst enemies. Thanks Ennle.
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April 15th, 2019 at 12:48 pm
So true, Kat.
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April 15th, 2019 at 2:13 am
it’s a wonderful writeup and pic too.
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April 15th, 2019 at 11:30 am
Thank you so much! 🙂
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April 15th, 2019 at 11:59 am
oh yes! The monster in the mirror. I wrote about this recently myself. excellent Kat.
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April 15th, 2019 at 12:58 pm
Thanks Violet, Facing those inner demons is a scary thing!
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April 15th, 2019 at 2:09 pm
I’ve been through all those negative thoughts too often.
Kicked ’em to the roadside. Blinding them all with positive power!
Yes, I agree… some dark soul spots can be labeled such. And sometimes it is only the individual that can allow light to enter.
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April 15th, 2019 at 4:24 pm
Sometimes we need to change the recordings playing in our heads with new messages…at least that’s what a therapist once told me. 😉
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April 15th, 2019 at 4:46 pm
I forget (really) how many times one is supposed to do something before it becomes a habit… 😉
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April 15th, 2019 at 4:49 pm
I’ve heard it takes doing something daily for 30 days for it to become a habit.
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April 15th, 2019 at 4:58 pm
They do not think it takes 21 days to form a habit. They believe it takes an average of 66 days to create a habit. This number trumps the conventional 21 days by more than 3 weeks—so the idea that it takes an average of 66 days may be a surprise to many.
(Isn’t Google wonderful? I know that is debatable…)
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April 15th, 2019 at 5:09 pm
It’s a surprise to me! Love Google! 😉
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April 15th, 2019 at 5:19 pm
🙂
Everything you want and a bunch of what you don’t.
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