Monster

Darkness. So much darkness. The walls crowd me. There isn’t even enough room for me to stretch out. Silence. There’s no sound. It scares me. Nothing should be so unnaturally quiet. The silence hides something, something which threatens to tear apart my very sanity.

Sanity. Not that I have very much left. It’s been taken from me by the very thing keeping me safe. This room, this prison, hides me. It protects me. That’s what they tell me at least. I’d never hurt anyone before. Why, oh why, do these hallowed walls bring me such fear?

Fear. Always there, just waiting for me to lose that which keeps me here. It wants my soul and it wants my heart. I persevere. They don’t want me too; though, they want me to give in to the darkness, into the hate.

Hate. I hate them so much! They keep me here. I want out. I want to see the day light and the night. I want to see the roads, the sky, the buildings, anything. Nothing reaches me here, just my thoughts. But even my thoughts grow dark with time.

Time. I’ve spent too much in here. I’ve lost count of the days, months, years. After all this time, it still lives. It
grows and attempts to overthrow my weakening mind. It’s going to win soon, the thing inside me which they call monster.

Monster. They call me that. I’m not one. It’s the thing which crawls beneath my skin. I don’t want it, I hate it. It wounds, not me. It kills, not me. Why!? Why have I been cursed with such a horrid thing!? I can’t hold on for much longer. Please. Somebody. Save Me