ImplodingElephant

I tried to scream as I watched him leave the building, the flames of the fire he'd started growing ever closer.

To be honest, I was more scared when I watched it turn around and crawl back into the lake.

It wasn't until I turned on the light I realised, that wasn't my son.

But after I saw what was on the other side, darkness was all I hoped for.

The gates of the cell that had held me were opened, now I had to face the monsterous thing that had been waiting on the other side for all that time.

Because the people walking these streets, weren't people, they weren't even human.

It wasn't until I became an adult I understood the appeal of the part they don't teach in school.

Now she was gone, no-one was left to testify against me.