Until We Fly (The Beautifully Broken)
“I make my way down to the gazebo that sits near the beach. Dropping onto a bench, I stare at the lake. More specifically, I stare at the large buoy floating a hundred yards out. The bell dings with the breeze, as the moss covered buoy tilts to and fro on the waves. A shudder runs through me. As I stare at it, I don’t even see it anymore. Instead, in my head, I’m a boy again. And I still hear the dinging of that fucking bell. I glance at the clock. Three a.m. There’s only one person who... would come for me at three a.m.I swallow hard, the acidic taste of bile rising in my throat. It won’t go down, so I swallow harder, and the footsteps come closer. My hands twist in the sheets, forming a fist….a fist that I know I won’t use. I’m only twelve and he outweighs me by a hundred pounds. I grit my teeth, flexing my jaw. My bedroom door opens. His shadow fills up my doorway, falling onto the floor. In the blackness, his shadow resembles the monster he is.“Get out here,”MoreLess
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