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I brushed away a piece of red hair that clung to my sweat covered forehead. My yellow-green eyes were slanted and burning, the pain of unshed tears was almost unbearable today. I rarely ever thought about the skeletons, the memory only made me angry, but today is the most hated of all days to me.
My birthday, the day I was cursed with life. As soon as the clock strikes 6:24 I will be 11, and when the clock strikes 6:30 I will be free. That's right, 6:30 and I'm gone. No one will miss me. They won't even search for me!
"One less mouth to feed." That's what they'll say, but do i care? Hell no! I looked out of the window once again. There was no laughter, no yelling. The ice cream truck was long gone, the birds were silent, and the trees swayed angrily in the cold chill of the wind.
I laughed in pure delight.
The clock striked six and I got prepared for my escape. All my clothes were packed in 4 Walmart bags. After dinner I snuck some canned food, water, and a can opener into another bag. My adrenaline was pumping and my stomach was in knots. I laughed at myself. I had no friends to part with, no last goodbyes, no "You'll always be in my heart". No definitely none of that.
My room was only two stories off the ground, there was a vine ladder leaning on the edge of the building. I figured I could climb down that. I dropped my clothes and food down first, there was no way I could climb down holding all those bags. The way down was not near a scary as i thought it would be. It was actually terribly easy, which kinda pissed me off a bit.
"Where are the guard dogs, the spotlights? The 'Halt! We have you surrounded!'?" I shook my head as my feet met grass. Way to easy.
I looked up at the sky, the moon seemed brighter. I was frozen in awe for a moment. For a measly moment I was stuck looking up at the moon and the stars.The stars twinkled so vividly, and the moon seemed to protect them in her glow. Just for a moment, I was at peace. I shook myself out of my daze, the peace was a little to much to handle today. I don't know why I don't like things to be nice, happy, beautiful, or at peace. I want things to be as horrible, corrupted, and disgusting as me. That way, I guess, I could not feel as abnormal. When things are all 'Kissy Kissy Goo Goo' or 'Fuzzy Wuzzy Lumpkins' I truthfully want to kill myself. How dare they be happy when I'm dying on the inside?
