Shameless 2

_"Mom! Mommy!"_ The wind blows through my hair pushing it in my eyes, but not enough to blind me from the sight of abandonment. I run through the wind, my feet numb against the pine needles under my feet. I'm about to reach her when the soldiers pin my arms behind my back, _"Mom! Please, don't leave me here! Mom!"_ I stare into the eyes of the woman who once loved me, but now stands silently watching as I am stabbed over and over by soldiers. The wounds feel like nothing compared to the pain of betrayal I feel from my mother. The soldiers suddenly drop me, and walk over to my mother. As I curl up into a ball I hear the soldiers thank my mother. The last thing I see is my mother and the soldiers climbing into the hovercraft, leaving me here to die.

I sit up in the bed, skin sticky with sweat. My lips curl into a frown and turn into a stutter as I sob in memory of my mother's abandonment, and the ache I feel for her once loving touch.