I'm taking a creative writing class, so I was assigned to write a poem and I thought I'd post it here. Will this be the last poem I ever post? Perhaps.

I am not a monster.
I do not bite.
I am not a monster.
I don't lurk in the night.

I'm not here for your children.
I won't take them away.
I'm a part of your children,
What they do, like, and say.

I am not a monster.
I do not growl.
And unlike a monster,
I am not on the prowl.

I am not a problem.
I don't need to be solved.
I am not a problem.
I don't have to "belong."

I am not a monster.
I do not attack.
I am not a monster,
Lingering in the black.

I may have some problems,
I may need assistance.
But my biggest problem,
Is that you're not listening.

I am not a monster.
I am not to be feared.
I am not a monster,
so I ask you, draw near.

I am not one thing.
I am young, I am old.
I like sports, I like rings.
I am quiet, I am bold.

I am not a monster.
I do not bite.
But you think I'm a monster,
When, in fact, I'm just right.