The Video's Twisted Lie

in a house where my mother' s fists were a co

eacon of normal in the chaos, t

, finally called 911, but a mysterious video my mother showed

ning me, branding me

ple who once hugged me tight, had turned thei

saw the video and joined the silent chorus

alating, my world shrinking

ryone I loved, every single person, against me, t

a constant ache, an unbearable mystery

he horrifying secret the video held wasn't about me at all, but my own father' s unspe

but now, finally, I knew their secret,