You can hear the mothers,
calling to their misbehaving children:
"Portate bien o te lleva el cucuy," they say.
"Behave, or the cucuy will get you."
His name is invoked in hushed tones.
No one really believes in el cucuy,
do they?
Hiding in the closet, waiting for unsuspecting vicitms.
In todays technical world, With violence
and horror in media at every turn,
Why do children still huddle in bed,
with covers pulled over panting faces?
Why do they still fear the shadows at night?
Why does this age old monster still haunt their dreams?
A question without explanation.
A childlike creature caught between life and death,
A victim himself in life, suffering.
Now wandering the shadows to make others
suffer as he did in life.
A childlike monster, with glaring red eyes.
A feeling at the nape of your neck,
that something hunts you in the darkness.
Once night falls, that's when the monster comes out.
so children, just remember;
Portate bien o te lleva el cucuy.