He was supposed to keep the boy safe, keep him close

  He had failed, now he was being punished

  He dropped to the ground and screamed

  The Pain in His head would not stop

  His nephew … The boy

  More screaming

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  The Pain would not stop

  He was an only child so was his wife

  Nothing made sense

  He hated him

  The burden given by the … tall … red

  Knives racked his brains

  Wasps buzzed and stung and chewed behind his eyes

  His nephew the one he was supposed to love and nurture

  How could he nurture what he hated?

  The boy had left

  Did he try to keep him or drive him away?

  Either way he had failed and he would suffer.

  Love with forced hatred or hatred with forced love

  It didn't matter now he was falling apart