This is my 4th attempt at Free verse, my 3rd being entered in a competition. I need some help deciding which one to enter though, because I can only do one. So, read and review?

CKC


You smile,

You laugh,

And you even cry,

But everyone knows it's because

You're happy

...

The Monsters of Fairytales,

Bump, they go,

Bumpbumpbump

But yours don't.

Yours shriek,

Yours scream,

Torture,

Agony,

And you wish,

For once,

Yours would just go

Bump.

...

You smile,

You laugh,

You even cry,

But everyone knows it's because

You're joyful

...

You carry the bouquet,

The tears that pour down your face

Are happy tears,

(At least,

That's what you tell yourself,)

You bear the ring,

And the pain inside

Isn't there,

(At least,

That's what you tell yourself,)

You watch the man you should have married

go,

Just leave,

And the little bit of you dying inside,

Isn't really there,

(At least,

That's what you tell yourself)

...

The monsters grow,

The cage they are locked in gets

Smaller,

And smaller,

Until,

One night,

It shatters,

And everything,

Every little demon,

Every little pain,

Sorrow,

Horror,

They all come

Flooding out,

And they stay,

They stay

hereherehere,

They scream,

And you're reminded of all the fairytales,

Where monsters do nothing.

Nothing but

Bump.

...

So you pull-yourself-together, and get married,

Forgetting the

Man,

Forgetting the

Werewolf,

Who was your

Whole

Entire

Life.

...

But, no matter how hard you try and

Forget,

You will never do more than remember.

And your monsters will always do more than bump.