Yesterday night
my mom was asleep in her room,
as her unwelcomed boyfriend
broke down the door
I had unlocked and locked
three times before bed.
In the dream I was having,
he rubbed his dirty fingers
all over my body,
mumbling that he needed to stick his dick in something,
like he complained
in real life.
He put a pistol to my head
and told me to get on my knees
and pulled the trigger
as I said no.
The gunshot mixed
with the sound of his first step
on the hardwood floor
as he dizzily stumbled his way
to my mother’s room
and I woke up.
I laid still as metal
as I strained my ears for any sound of fight
but she only slept
as he smoked her cigarettes.
for nutrition.