Nightmares

I woke up in a cold sweat as I had the dream again. I looked to my left and they were there. I closed my eyes and they were there. They are all I can see in the dark abyss that is my mind. I see nothing but them. I shake my brother awake and he looks at me with my tears in my eyes. My brother put his pillow over his head, ignoring my pleas for his help. They are all around me. I get back into my bed and I see them standing over my bed, staring at me. I cry louder to myself my brother gets up and leaves as to not hear me. I cry louder and my dad comes in and see me crying on my bed. I run up to him and hug him. He asks what was troubling me so much. I tell him that they surrounded me whenever I close my eyes. He sits on my bed and puts his hand on my head before he yanks my hair and tells me how I need to shut my pathetic mouth. He swears up and down at me, telling that they are not real. He closes my door and tells me to go to bed. I lay down and close my eyes and see them haunting me. I feel the tears flow down my face, as I cry myself to sleep.

The next day

Today is my birthday I turn ten. I see them everywhere and my sister teases me about being scared of things that aren't even real. I see them around me laughing and screaming at me. I put my head on the table crying. My mom takes me by my hand and throws me in my room and tells me I can continue my party when I stop crying and I stop being a baby. She locks me in my room with them. They continue to surround me and they get closer. They stand over me as I bring my knees to my face and cry. I hear my mom and my dad arguing that about what they wanted to do with me. They wanted to give me my own room so my brother and my sister wouldn't have to deal with my crying in the night. Why does it have to be me and why doesn't anyone try to help me than trying to ignore me why do they not want me to get better. I feel them breathing down my neck and hair.

That night

They slaughtered my family and set my house on fire. I can feel the heat around me and I want to run, but they hold me in place and keep me from getting away. I thought I could get away, but I can't. The one place I can't escape is where I see them, where they haunt me. I can't run. I can't hide. I only feel. I feel their claws dig into my soul and bring me down. I feel the blood in my veins boil and burn in the flames. I feel I stand as the flames slowly consume my feet and watch as it climbs higher and higher and higher and higher. I know that I'm on fire but I can't help, but smile as I believe that maybe, just maybe, death will bring me the peace I have yearned for. I close my eyes and embrace the darkness. I can't open my eyes. I see them draw closer and closer to me. I run back and watch as they get closer and closer. I scream and my tears flow from my face. I look around and see the darkness that has plagued my life. It's is all there is now. No heaven. No hell. Just them. Standing over me. Laughing. Smiling. The fear intensifies. They're here. Just them. Just the nightmares that never end.