We Don't Dream.

So now it’s your first date

You don’t know what to say

You meet at a restaurant

It’s very fancy

It’s nothing like you’ve been to before

He’s being romantic

Holding your hand from across from the table

Looking you in the eye

Giving you all of your favorite complements

At this moment nothing can go wrong

Everything is perfect.

The date comes to a close

You are feeling good

He asks you on another date

You are so overjoyed that you say yes

You think of nothing else

You go home and the rest is to be told

Day go by, weeks then months

This guy is amazing

You don’t see any wrong in him.

It has been a year since your first date

You are sitting on the couch with him

He looks over

Smiles for a second

And asks “would you like to move in with me”

You think for a second,

Then you say yes

It’s a few days later

You are all moved in

It’s your first night there.

You brush your teeth

Self concisely lay the brush on the counter

You are all ready for bed

He calls your name from the bathroom

You go to meet him

You walk in

And he slams you against the wall

You’ve never seen him this angry

He looks insane

You feel in danger

You are more scared than ever before

He is screaming at the top of his lungs

You don’t know what you did.

Once you get to the bottom of his anger you find it was the brush.

You stay up all of the night hoping that he doesn’t wake and flip again

The night has ended

The morning has come

You go out for coffee

Trying to stay away from the house for the day

You go back by 5

The same thing happens

Once the tragedy is over you both sit on the couch

He says he’s sorry

You decide to believe him and blame it on yourself

Blame what he did on yourself

A year goes past

He still beats you

Slaps you, hits you, punches you, throws you against the wall.

You always scream for help

But no one comes to help

You still blame what he does on yourself

One day you go out with your friends

Forgetting to put on your cover up

You meet up with your first girlfriend

Her eyes get big

You wonder why

She tells you to get away from this guy

But you resist

You make excuses

You find reasons to justify what he does

They keep pushing

Trying to get you away from them

You snap

Harder than you ever have before

You resent what they say

You are in love with this guy

You go back home

And today seems different

Something feels worse than before

He comes behind you

Puts his arm around your neck

His arm tightens

You know this is it

This is the last time he is going to do this to you

Not because you are going to leave him

But because you will die

You start to regret what you said to your friends

Once again you are blaming it on yourself

Everything goes black

You don’t see a thing

You don’t feel a thing

You hear people screaming but you cant move

Everything goes silent

You are in the dark

A light comes on

You see your friend

She looks lost

She’s looking for you, calling your name

You call her name

She can’t hear you

You go up to her

But you can’t touch her

This is when you realize it’s all over

No more fighting

No more crying

No more living

But now, you blame what happened on no one.

And then all of a sudden

You wake and realize it was just a dream.





Edward Brandon
xoxo