I awoke in agony again

Their frantic screams incessant

Every night I relive a sickening sight

Of a family who woefully lost their lives

From my dearth of bravery

And a monster who roams both the land and sea

Their grisly deaths indelible

No amount I drink blots the shameful sight

Of a family who haplessly lost their lives

From my dearth of bravery

And a monster of unmixed malignity

There was blood on their door

There were limbs on the floor

Children's lives surrendered

They're all dead

I awoke in agony again

Their frantic screams incessant

Every night I relive a sickening sight

Of a family who woefully lost their lives

From my dearth of bravery

And a monster who roams both the land and sea

Shouldn't have been a coward

Shouldn't have led it to their door

Cruelty came to my neighbors

Now they're all dead

Sleepless, out a moonless starlit night

It appeared again, my fear materialized

Equine-like and skinless with black blood in its veins

Its sinewy muscles writhed when movement made

Paused and pondered the cessation of my life

Chose to leave me alive