It Started when I was five
That’s when I had the first nightmare
I found myself in darkness
It felt like I was in another world
I walked towards a figure in the distance
When I finally got closer
I cloud see that it was a girl
She was wearing a white dress
And then I saw him
I wanted to protect her
But he took her
Put her in some kind of machine
And the machine crushed her
And I could hear her scream
And him laugh
And I dropped to my knees
Sobbing
Screaming “Why?”
He looked at me and said
“You can’t have her”
And I cried harder
I woke up crying
Not understanding what had happened
Not knowing why I felt sad
I was just a little boy
A little boy who saw things at night
And the nightmares kept coming
BY OSCAR TORRES LEON
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