"Mom, the truth is-"
I got cut off when Dad came to the scene and was carrying Pat in his arms. Pat was awake. I noticed Dad was pinching Pat's arm with his fingers.
"-I did that to him and I am really sorry, Mom!"
No! Dad is forcing him to do this!
"No! I---"
Dad put down Pat quickly but carefully and walked towards me. He put his hands on my shoulder and gave it a squeeze.
"Now now now, calm down, John. You should forgive your brother. Your mother and I will be waiting."
I flinched a little and took my brother's hand.
"We need to talk." he whispered at me.
We both walk to the waiting room of the hospital where there are less patients.
"John, how could you do this to me?"
"Don't blame it on me! Dad ordered me to do it! I don't want to get hit anymore!"
"How could you frame-up your own brother? How could you---"
"Then why don't you just throw me away?! I was always the black sheep of the family! I don't deserve to live!"
"John, I---"
A stormed away and ran to our house. I wrote something to my diary:
Despair you come to me, with your poison and your misery
Oh, death you come to sting, with your poison and your misery
Death surrounds me... singing to me softly
Let the shadow spread his wings around me
In the night, close your eyes or it ceases to come in
This is how it feels when you're bend and broken
This is how it feels when you're dignity's stolen
I can feel the shadow creeping in my mind
DON'T CLOSE YOUR EYES
(A/N: Not Gonna Die Intro anyone? :))
I feel weird. It's like madness is consuming me. This obstacle is too much for me to handle! I might die in any second, I looked at the disk my friends gave me. I played it on my WalkMan:
Beyond Belief
We're content to pitch our tent when the glory's evident
Seldom do we know the glory came and went
Moving can seem dangerous in this stranger's pilgrimage
Knowing that you can't stand still, you cross the bridge
There's a higher place to go
Beyond belief, beyond belief
Where we reach the next plateau
Beyond belief, beyond belief
And from faith to faith we grow
Towards the center of the flow
Where He beckons us to go
Beyond belief, beyond belief
Leap of faith without a net makes us want to hedge our bet
Water's never part until our feet get wet
There's a deeper place to go where the road seems hard to hoe
He who has begun this work won't let it go
(Let it go)
There's a higher place to go
Beyond belief, beyond belief
Where we reach the next plateau
Beyond belief, beyond belief
And from faith to faith we grow
Towards the center of the flow
Where He beckons us to go
Beyond belief, beyond belief
And it takes so long to see the change
But we look around and it seems so strange
We have come so far but the journey's long
And we once were weak but now we're strong
There's a higher place to go
Beyond belief, beyond belief
Where we reach the next plateau
Beyond belief, beyond belief
And from faith to faith we grow
Towards the center of the flow
Where he beckons us to go
Beyond belief, beyond belief
Beyond belief
There's a higher place to go
Beyond belief, beyond belief
Where we reach the next plateau
Beyond belief, beyond belief
Beyond belief
Beyond belief, beyond belief
That song was pretty good. I feel so refresh! I fell asleep on my bed in exhaustion. So much has happened.
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The Depressing Life of John Cooper (Skillet Fanfic)
FanfictionJohn Cooper lives in a religious home with a lot of strict rules. Things were going well when one day, a horrible thing happened that turned his world upside down and led his mind to sank into depression. Will John survive or end his life?