I was having a nice Dream when you shook me Awake. The sky was bruised with no hint of Light. You held one thin finger to your smiling lips- Vacation was the only word whispered. A day full of flying & driving we finally arrived Grandma's and Grandpa's; Everyone was outside. Met with pity-filled smiles and red-rimmed eyes steel-gripped hugs about crushed my spine. Aunties, Uncles & Strangers were there. You told me to go unpack my things.
Mom, why did you pack me so many socks? Vacation only lasts a handful of days.
Realizations pulsed inside like a serpent had punctured my skin Then filled me with disgusting truth. Within a few moments I'd been stripped & thrown into a hole full of my most secret fears. My hideous screams still ring in my ears.