I had this dream once. A nightmare. I was a kid, a child really. I was playing in a yard in front of this disgusting dump of a trailer. When this man came walking up toward me from the road. He started yelling at me. Screaming at me. He said it was my fault that my mother died. That it was my fault that my step mom left.He grabbed my Arm's. He shook me so hard. Pain shot up my arms. He just shook me so hard. I looked down. I was covered in bruises. Black and blue. He yelled at me for crying, calling me a wimp and a bastard. He slapped me. I felt the warmth of my blood as it flowed down my cheek. I wanted to scream at him. To tell him to let me go, but i kept silent. This man, how could he do this? This man, my father? He dragged me into the trailer and threw me against the wall. I looked up and saw my step brother. He didn't look surprised at what was happening. Father walked into the bedroom. I know what he was doing. He was getting IT. A long metal bar that he loved to beat us with. The punisher.At least thats what he liked to call it. Sure enough, when he came back he had it. I yelled for my brother to help me but he just sat there, not caring. I reached for the door but father got there first. He swung the bar at me and hit me in the head. I fell to the floor to dazed to move, but i reached for my brother, pleading with him to help me, but he just sat there staring.He kicked me. I heard the sickening crunch of ribs as he kicked me again. He just kept hitting me and hitting me. I don't know how many times he hit me or how long he beat me. But finally he stopped and he left me there on the floor. All i saw was the puddle of blood steadily growing bigger and bigger. I lay there wondering where all this blood was coming from. The sad realization struck me. It was my own blood. So, I lay there waiting for death! ~~ All of a sudden i sat straight up in bed. Slowly i realized that i wasn't dying. That i wasn't in that trailer, i was safe at home in bed. Silently i wept for the little girl, for the one who died. Sadly I realized that the girl in my dream was real and that it wasn't a dream but a memory!
