I wrote this story for my summer writing class at my high school!. Its all totally TRUE, and happened with the past 2 years!. Tell me what you think!.
I can still remember the day, they day it hit me, the day that I realized just how far gone I really was!.
Well, for as long as I can remember, my parents have always acted as if my brother was always one step ahead of me!. And I could never live up to being him in their eyes!. And they played it off really well, trying to treat us the same when we were out in public or had people over!. But eventually I started acting out!. You know, the stuff that the one "strange" little kid in daycare does!. Yes, I was him!. But thats a different story!. But the only person that realized that I had potential as a person was my Grandmother, who basically helped raise me!. My best memories of were her and her small 1 floor yellow house, I loved it!.
But eventually, after battling with feelings of uselessness and not being up to par, I understood that my parents were leading me nowhere!. So at the age of around 14, I decided that the emotional abuse went on for too long!. And I moved in for summers at my grandmothers house!. Just so it looked good that I was with my parents for school years!. (Oh, how wonderful the family looked)!. And those WERE the best summers of my life!. But to make a long story short, my grandmother went to the hospital for a heart rate problem!. And they found stage 4 terminal cancer!. And she passed away within a year!. This started the downward spiral!.
After that I swore never to go near the house ever again!. And tried things with my real family one more time!. But things would never and will never work out!. The bought my brother 2 cars, 2 xbox's, ipod's, cellphones, computers, and everything else with a price tag above 200 dollars!. Yet when I asked for a few dollars to give to my best friend for a birthday, i was scolded for being "Ungrateful" !.
I never lived with them again!. And had several really close friends who's parents cared enough to let me couch hop at their houses, But eventually, I was becoming a burden!. It was even a drag for me, it wasn't home!. And nothing would ever be home!. So I was basically homeless after that, with my long, curly brown hair, and Fidel Castro hat, walking around wasting time over summers, sleeping on couches, and making occasional trips to Philadelphia with my guitar to make some money street performing and visiting a cousin!. (45 dollars a day isn't too shabby for a 16 year old hobo!) The few months after that are somewhat of a blur!.
Now it gets interesting!. While waiting for my 6:40 Amtrak train from Lancaster train station to Philadelphia, I was getting a little rest on a bench, And at around 6 I sat up from my cat nap, and took a look around!. It was the usual!. Mostly middle to upper class people going to take their kids to Phillies games!. And as I was about to get up and grab some coffee and a doughnut, I noticed a 2 year old girl looking over at me!. No big deal!. I got up and got my food, and sat down, and I looked up and saw the same little girl get up from her bench, walk over to mine, and sit down right next to me!. At that moment I realized, that there still is faith for humanity!. Swiftly, the mother scooped up the little girl and apologized, I explained that it was fine, I have younger cousins (Lie) and I'm used to it, and laughed!. She gave me a weird look and walked away!. So the thought going through my mind, is, if a child with 2 years of life lessons in her, can see something in a 16 year old homeless teenager that an adult cant, then whats wrong with people today!? Being how I saw myself in a new light, I decided to give it another try, and go home!. Yes, home!.
And as of now, I'm 17, living with my Godparents, I have an amazing girlfriend that I was friends with through everything, a job, and am working on getting though high school and into college!. And I still remember everything my Grandmother taught me!. I visit her grave often, just to remember the feelings I had when things were normal!. But for now, I'm happy!. I'm home!.
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