Monster Monologue

I open my eyes to a dim flickering light and I the same four grey walls I wake up to everyday. I stare up at the plain cracking ceiling while springs push painfully into my back.

I wonder what month and day it is. I wonder if it's morning, afternoon, or night. I couldn't tell you because in here we have no windows. We don't have anyone or anything to keep us company besides the little rodents and pests that crawl across the floor, scrounging for food like the rest of the people locked away in here. But not me. I'm used to the hunger and the constant state of silence.

This rundown crazy building is in the middle of nowhere so it doesn't matter how much I scream or cry no one will hear me. No one will care and I don't expect them to.

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Because I'm a monster. I can do things no one else can and it frightens them, but what they don't know is that it scares me too. To the point where I just wanna die. I just want my tortured small body to leave this world so I can't hurt anybody else. But that would be too kind and easy for the likes of me. I deserve the pain I'm dealt. They say I'm powerful. They say I'm the darkness and I instill fear into the hearts of many. They're not wrong. People are terrified and they should be. I've hurt people when I was only trying to help. I have no control over what's inside of me.

I drag my feet across the cold hard floor and begin picking at my worn out gown because I have nothing better to do.

I've been up and moving around for hours until to the point where I'm to weak in the knees to keep moving so I just fall down on to the cement. I drag my self with my arms and what strength I have left to a tiny corner of the room and curl myself into a ball.

As I'm about to drift off into the darkness my door is sung open and boots are pounding against the floor. Bright lights are pointing at me and I hurry and cover my face. I push myself further into the wall hoping it'll enclose from the lights and the people coming into my room. I here a body being thrown onto the ground and then a