Lie

Why did you lie?

Flickering flashes of violence enters my wondering mind...

Still-pictures of burning seizures in the tub replay in my head.

"Look at you now!", I scoff.

A guilty feeling washes over me, as all the color in the house turns gray, and time slows down.

The odor of wet, burned flesh and hair hangs thick in the air...

I hum, and scream through the door, " Look at you now!"

Why did you lie?

Why?