Jun
29
2020
I am Frankenstein’s Creature
By Aoibh O'Neill
Story Summary:
I am the monster under your bed
I am the thing stuck in your head
I am the monster under your bed
I am the thing stuck in your head
Ally a sweet, eleven year old girl…brown hair, blue eyes. A normal, perfectly average girl…except she wasn’t. Everyone was scared of her. She didn’t understand how she was different.
Brenda was a middle aged woman, with dyed blonde hair who really liked biology. She was very unfriendly.
Dark spots danced.
Everything went heavy.
In California, as the sky darkened, I set off onto the beach. There was a chilly breeze in the air but I was hoping not to be gone long. The beach was filled with salty sea water fumes.
I am the monster,
A ghastly beast.
No being will tolerate me,
None I’ve met, at least.
Youth Day 2020
Youth Day 2020, with the Embassy of Ireland, South Africa
From dusk until noon,
The old man Muldoon,
They walked, the cold air letting their sharp, short breaths form mist visible in the darkening street. Hands clasped together, a pact that if one were to fall, the other would go down with them.
