Folded Space - Lead Poisoning & Distortion

When the doctors came out
They were visibly exhausted and shaken
And stained red with spattered blood
The birth had killed my wife
But the child had survived
I went into a room and saw the baby
I wasn't allowed to hold it
But I stood and looked at it through a haze of confusion and contempt
I took the child home and cared for it
Over time it began to crawl and then walk
Over time it grew teeth and bit me
I sat and watched him break every toy that I gave him to play with
I picked up the cat dead after he threw it down the stairs
And broke its neck
I watched him and felt the resentment grow
Seeing what was left in place of my wife
He was a thing as far removed from humanity as the most vile beast
I grew and began a sense of my hatred for him
He sat wishing death upon the others
The day came when I no longer was
Willing to accept him as the result of my seed
I approached him sleeping in his bed
And put a pillow over his face
There was no sadness in this
As he started to struggle for air
I saw a flash of something
And felt a warm tinging pain in my chest
I let go of the pillow
And saw the knife in my stomach
The blood spilled across the floor
And I dropped to my knees
Then he came to finish me with the knife in his hand
And murder in his eyes