holding him up

awoken

panicked whispers

"dad... car... hospital... now."

13? my memory doesn't serve me

pulling my the innocents out of bed

car

mom stricken by shock

uncertain how she managed the drive downtown

endless halls

carrying a sleeping Odin

hearding a drowsy Noni

voice slurred by poisons

his own and theirs

tongue out

displaying the gouge to me

centimeter more

it would've been gone

tooth marks embedded

lacking permission

rushing down the hall

unstoppable

following

ashamed and horrified

this monster

my father

woman tied to a stretcher

eyes meet

screeches echo

glimpsing his insanity in her gaze

innocence

truly gone