THE FILE (II)

The box has opened

the demons are spilled

the monsters have escaped their cage

and the world has gone to hell.

I have done what I swore would never be carried out

could never be undone

but could hardly be averted.

I have done the unthinkable.

I have opened the box

smashed the locks

left the dock of sanity far off.

I have reverted to the animal

the beast

the bastard I hoped I could never become.

It is all over.

The gates are opened.

The chains have been filed away.

The creature has risen.

I have begun to fight.