by Laine Traver

Created on: April 21, 2008

What was it that made you feel safe at night?

A teddy bear?

A blankie?

Maybe even a doll?

What ever happened to those nighttime watchmen?

Those that kept the monster under the bed away

The Guardians of the night

Tucked softly under your arm

To chase your fears away

They fought the nightmares

Not to mention the ever-pesky closet demons

Silent and vigilant watchmen or bears if the case were so

But no more

Cast aside and forgotten

How can this be so?

Did the nightmares stop?

The monsters go away?

Did life become the nightmare?

Slowly as you got older

Things changed nighttime scares didn't faze you anymore

But what happened to your protector?

Put on a self to be forgotten?

Tossed away, given away?

Lost?

Or saved for future children that tremble in the dark?

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