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Chapter 9 - 8 years old

12 am and sitting in the corner,

they were 8 years old.

The feeling of warm tears running down their face,

They were 8 years old.

Frightened because they were realizing the terrier of this world,

When they were 8 years old.

Developing severe paranoia, when they were 8 years old.

And depression

And anxiety

And insomnia

Being assaulted then bled for it,

At 8 years old.

Feeling the weight of the world fall on them,

At 8 years old.

Their mother threatening to put them in a hospital,

When they were 8 years old.

They grew up too fast at 8 years old...

- Eli