Gifted.

I was walking home
from Finley's house
at about half ten
at night

when all of a sudden
this man ran at me
he smelled like a dead dog
and he had a beard
with food stuck in it

at first
I thought
he was a
tramp
until I realised
it was my dad

and then
I noticed
the knife

so I started to run
as fast
and as far away
as I could

but I could still hear him
panting behind me
I didn't check how
close he was
because that would
slow
me
down

and that was the
last
thing I wanted

so I was running
running
running
over the road

and the last thing I heard
was the screech of tires
and an ear-splitting scream
I think it was mine.

The End.