you know the world has turned upside down

when the monsters that used to keep you awake at night

are now your drinking partners

joyriding with you down the highway at midnight

feasting together in the thunderstorms

dreaming of the seaside and the sand between our toes

dancing in the rain, laughing in spite of the fear

because they actually understand you 

unlike the ones who you once held close

and it's funny

because it turns out

they were the ones 

who misread you all along