The Beast Within Us

Found poem from William Golding's novel Lord of the Flies
Page 19-36, 83-103, 118-147

The Beast
A dark thing
Some sort of animal
A hunter

Where could a beast live?
The beast doesn't leave tracks
Maybe the beast won't come near us

Ralph saw it first
He still says he saw the beastie
The creature stepped from mirage
And went away again

We were going to look for the beast
The beast was harmless and horrible
Maybe it's only us

There rose the picture of a human
Fancy thinking the Beast was something you could hunt and kill
The beast disguised itself
You're a beast

You knew
Didn't you?
I'm part of you
Only me
Aren't you afraid of me?