Dreamer

Chapter One

I was running. Running from what? I don't know. I honestly don't think here was a what. Just running. I felt the wind, breathed the air. Felt the sun. All the while, totally aware that I was dreaming.

Yes, that sounds crazy, awake in a dream? Yes, yes I was. And I knew it too. I had a life here in my dreamland, perfect and serene. No worries, all clear skies, and no school.

Sleep was reprieve, my escape. My escape from the real world. Real life. People, places, all of the things that I hated. A break from an alcoholic, of whom I could hardly call father, he doesn't even deserve that. A man who gets so drunk just to forget her name; Mary.

My mom, probably the best thing in my life... Or had in my life... But the woman that left me. I don't know why she left me. She just did. One day I woke up and she was gone.

I don't thrive on those people anymore. I no longer let them get to me. Because I have my dreamland, a place of perfection. My own place. A home.

I'd much rather be sleeping, in my mind, this place was my real life. Because I'm more awake when I'm asleep.