Disclaimer: If I were brilliant enough to create a new universe, would I be writing here? Didn't think so.
"Not just Any Other Day" is a line from a song I heard on the radio once upon a time.
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Something is different about this day.
Something is missing. It leaves a hole in my tummy.
I don't think it is the teasing the other kids do. That is the same as any other day.
I don't think it is the hand-me-down pumpkin costume of Dudleys, though I'm happy to have a costume this year. The kindergarten teacher had EVERYONE dress up for a class party. I'm the only pumpkin. Most of the other boys are pirates or ninjas, like Dudley. They tease me for it. Dudley leads them, just like every other day.
I do not know what is missing today more than any other day. I just know that it hurts. It hurts my heart.
I know that tonight I will be put in my cupboard while Dudley will go out for treats. I will not get any.
I don't think that is what hurts. I am always in my cupboard and I never get treats, so that is not what I miss.
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Night now.
As I drift off to sleep, I remember on Halloween last year, I had this ache too. I wish I could ask Aunt Petunia what it is, but I know better. It is not my place to ask.
I just hope the green light does not come tonight.
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