The Animal Within

It was only a scratch, it just broke the skin
Never did I dream what it would begin
A walk through the woods, a shortcut home
Yes I know, I should never walk through the woods alone
But my path was well lit by the full moon light
And I had done this walk many a night

I never saw the creature that flashed past me
This creature, which would set this monster free
I saw the lights of my home burning bright
My family silhouettes inside safe and all right
The smell of salvia and deep scent of human flesh
The scratch across my face, a shadow across my breath

I touched my cheek, and I looked at my blooded hand
Till this day, even now I don't understand
Shaken I felt adrenaline pump round my veins
I ran to my home, with a fever in flames
My wife attended to me with a frantic pace
She said I had like claw marks upon my face

I looked out through my misty window
And looked at my reflection, a distorted fellow
I see the woods, the trees, the feeling of fear
So far away but yet so near
The following days, my body never felt so good
My fat stomach, became as hard as wood
My muscles tightened and my senses became clearer
And I felt the fear come nearer and nearer

I looked at my daughter who is only 3
And started thinking she not like me
The sex between me and my wife become rough
She would scream “ STOP! Enough!”
I would bite her, scratch her, pull her hair
She said I had an evil look “the devils stare!”
Weeks went by and I become one with nature
And I had a bizarre bond with an unseen creature

A human a wolf? A monster that haunted me
In my dreams, in my nightmares for me to see
It was about a month later that I felt my scar burn
And felt this creature inside of me started to turn
I was upstairs in the bedroom just stepped through the door
When the full moons shadow was cast upon my floor
But it was enough to awaken the animal within.

I feel to my knees, my screams turned to howls
As my insides fell through my bowels
Hair came through my skin at an alarming rate
And as my skull merged into a monster, I knew my fate
My arms became legs and my hands claws
My feet had vanished and were now only paws
Teeth became fangs, my clothes now torn
The creature of hate was no reborn

Blood, screams, death, guilt, fear and hate
But when I awoke, it was all too late
My wife, well what was left of her
Her mutilated body, blood mixed with fur
Then my daughter whose stomach had been eaten
And her severed head, broken and beaten

I walked out the door into the wood
A man, an animal, something misunderstood
As the sun shone from the bright blue sky
I went into the forest to die
I touched my face only a scratch, it just broke the skin
But it was enough to awaken, the animal within.

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