I was nothing more than a rotting wooden raft in the middle of the thrashing unforgiving sea. Pulling me in every direction, when all I wanted was to be nowhere..
helpless.
The roars are deafening. This fear is deafening. I'm invisible. I'm helpless.
Cold.
Everything sounds muffled underwater. Are you speaking to me? I hear your voice but I'm not sure.
Faces.
Distant voices Laughing joking talking Happy children Basketball tetherball dodgeball Wide smiles Bright teeth Glass eyes Everyone Time drags on- days a blur Weeks months years Hello, how are you Stranger friend enemy Can't speak Can't see Don't talk Don't listen I'm here Not alive I'm living Unawake
Hot.
I hope we don't have to wait long this time. Waiting for him sucks even more when it's Summer. I hope he shows up on time.. Mom, gets mad when he forgets. I hope we don't have to wait too long. It's gonna be so hot outside..
Call.
Frying pans laid broken, knives protruded from walls, pills carpeted the floor, my cries fell on deaf ears. I had to call.
Hidden.
I looked back in time to see the fear in her eyes as I fled to my hidden space..