Rattled Cage

Rattled my cage totally knocking me out of it.
My special little box has been destroyed by one thing.

My sense of being has been shifted to a new plain,
and it makes sense but i don't want to believe it.

How do i know?
If I were such a thing, how would i tell the world?

Would i have to hide it?
How could i ever live with myself and face friends?

I never considered myself human,
even as a child.

My best friend and only friend,
was my dog of 15 or more years.

The "humans" had always cast me aside,
leaving me to wonder what it was about me that is so wrong.

Now things are clicking into place,
leaving the spaces from before filled and secure with knowing.

The only thing is though, do i plung in along with them?
Do i ignore what i might be?

I'm already one of the shadows,
am i something more animalistic as well?