The Heart Of A Boy
(Joseph Mcfall)
CONFUSED COMFORT
Standing atop the pigion pend looking back to where l had come from, the house full of adults celebrating something that Ldidn't understand, loud music,people shouting, people laughing, people arguing, people dancing, people swaying all off them with glasses in there hands.l was making a stand l was hungry l was tired l was being ignored. My fall was not intensional it was a blurr. Waking up to a sea of facesand the smell of alcahol in my mothers arms.I didn't understand why she wassobing l was secure and safe thats all l needed. l would have slept in her arms foran eternity.She wasrepeating are you alright while rubbing ablood staineddamp cloth over my face and head,lwas in her arms l was fine,l had her attention thats all l wanted. l didn't speak l just glared at all the faces, the music had stopped the silence was only broken by the odd voice asking if they should call a doctor.after a short time the house was empty.I was on the couch in front of the open fire witha halfempty plate of home made soup with my mother at the foot of the couch,my father and sister no where to be seen.The concerned look on my mothers face prompted me to ask, are you alright mum?The reply of "l fine son just rest". Peacing things together the next dayl worked out that l had a large gash on my head and that l had lost conscesiness and l had brought the party to anabrupt end. l still didn't know what the party was all about. mum and dad weren't talking and l was feeling that l had done something wrong even though mum and dad didn't chastise me. No one explained what all the concern was about. As time went by l worked out that a party with adults drinking was no place for a four year old to bebut l didn't have the choice the only choice l had was to climb atop the pigeon pen.
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