I need additional information in order to accurately assess the timeframe of completion. I am quite familiar with difficult subject matter, because of my personal history. Here is an example... I FORWARN YOU, IT IS GRAPHIC.
Hollow Hall
by Tracy Lia Lynn
Inspired by a triggered memory from childhood
Somewhere in the hollow hall, I smell him. His stink never fails to alert me to his presence. I’m older... a whole year ... since I last vomited, from the acid like sweat he dripped into my mouth as he hovered over me. I watched two beads swell from his temples. They plumped, further than any sweet beads I had ever seen, before each succumbing to gravity’s pull. I couldn’t hear the vulgar words he was grunting out, as long as I remained focused on the falling sweat. I wished they were his tears. I wished he would suffer endless nightmares, where demons and monsters of every breed would make him feel the terror, the fear, and the shame he burdens on me.
So far, it was a tie. Both beads were traveling neck to neck, down his cheeks. I gaged. I made no effort to hide my disgust, and I allowed my body to react without remorse. I gaged again, and tasted bile. Suddenly, I’m was struck with the urge to spit it in his face. I don’t know why I didn’t. instead, I swallowed it down- and then heard the, now too familiar voice, for the first time.
“ That’s right bitch, eat your vomit. You’re so fucking pathetic! You earned this shit by being so fucking chicken shit! Fight back!!!”
I couldn't. I just laid there frozen, while replaying the voice in my head, and wondering if it was my own. I didn’t know….I still don’t.
