The Monster

My biggest secret... is a monster.

It is a voracious creature that is getting harder and harder for me to hide.

The more I feed it. The bigger and bigger it gets.

It likes to follow me around wherever I go. Sometimes I dont like to go anywhere because I am afraid it will be there lingering in the shadows and someone will see.

It’s favorite time to come out is at night... when everyone is asleep.

I take it into the kitchen and let it eat everything in sight.

Cereal, mac and cheese, icecream, whatever is there.

Its hunger is insatiable and sometimes I cant get it to stop.

It has this control over me.

It does whatever it wants.

The weight of this beast is starting to become crippling.

The stronger it becomes the weaker I get.

Sometimes I have to turn the shower on to hide the noises it makes... so nobody can hear it.

I hang my head in despair and wait for it to go to sleep.

Until next time.

This monster of mine taunts me.

I've tried to cut it off. Make it go away forever.

But it always finds its way back.

It keeps me up and night and consumes my every thought the moment my head hits the pillow.

This monster is my secret.

And it isnt going away anytime soon.