In The Dark

by Olivia Jean Newell
(Holland, Vermont)

I’m alone in the dark; waiting for the demons to come for me. I wait and wait…and wait. They aren’t coming… I know I’ve done wrong. I deserve to go to hell.

I deserve to burn there; to never see my friends and family ever again. Wait! What family? What friends? My family deserted me.

My friends...well I never had any friends. Everyone called me names; freak, vampire, crazy, disaster, emo, cutter... I never use to be emo.

I never use to cut. Now I do. I want them to see me for what they call me. Now I’m alone, in the dark, waiting for the demons to come for me.