In My Room

Today for NaPoWriMo the prompt challenged us to write a parody of a song or poem. I chose the song "On My Own" from Les Miserables. Despite choosing the song for a parody, I really do enjoy "On My Own." You can listen to the song here. I hope you like my poem. It sounds best when sung to the music it parodies. 

In My Room
By Candace Shultz

In my room

Hiding from the children

I consume

A giant bar of chocolate

Without them

I can savor all the chocolate

But when I take a bite I hear the door

And they have found me.

In my room the children stare right at me

Then their eyes look at what I'm holding

In the lamplight, the chocolate looks delicious

And all I see is them and then my chocolate gone forever

It is only a matter of some time

Before my children will ask to eat the chocolate

And although I want to be so selfish

I will say, it's okay for them

I love them

But when a minute's over

It is gone

My chocolate's just a wrapper

Without it

The world is less delicious

I'm still hungry and the children

Have chocolate on their faces

I love them

But I just want my chocolate

All their lives

I've had to share my chocolate

Without it

My life will keep on going

But a world without some chocolate

Is one I've never known

I want it

I want it

I'll eat it

But only in my room