There is a family. Two parents. Four kids.
They live in a house.
Without a white picket fence.
Without a dog.
Without happiness.
Without laughter.
The youngest girl is paralyzed.
One fifteen year old boy squares the blame on his shoulders.
It is not his fault.
A drunken Mother.
A wasted Father.
They throw the eldest a pair of keys.
He has to drive.
He has to get them all home safely.
His brother and his two sisters.
He is responsible for all their lives.
It should not have to be this way.
They should have been sober
They should not have endangered the children's lives.
He should not have to be this strong.
A little girl screams.
Blood everywhere.
Glass.
Pain.
Blackness.
Sirens.
Hospital lights
A little girl is paralyzed from the waist down.
Her older brother blames himself.
He shouldn't have to
Shoulder
this Responsibility.
