The Demon

The Demon

by Konstantinos Angelakakis

One night, one dreadful but peaceful night, Father came late from work and opened the door Mother was nowhere to be found All the brothers and sisters were left alone Alone in the dark alleys of the house Crying for the friends that they had lost The friends that the Demon killed off The Demon that so easily had come through the door Everything now was falling apart in this house But the story was not even close to its end They could still hear the breath of the Mother going down the hall The Demon had killed her long before she could say one word Brothers and sisters one day left the house to get away from the Demon Days went by in the house, even years but the kids were nowhere to be found They had forgotten all about their Mother, the mother that was now just a memory The once kids were now grown-ups, the once Brothers and sisters were now strangers The Father that was left alone at that old door was another dead man They had been broken up by one Demon The Demon that came in when Father opened the door