Outburst

I remember the first time it happened. The pounding of my heart, the anger, the rage. I remember how I gave in, and the horror that followed right after. The screams of agony and terror, and the smell of burning cloth and hair. I remember stumbling as I backed away, struggling to take in what was happening right in front of my eyes.

"What did you do?! What the fuck did you do?!" someone shouted at me. I didn't know.

I remember getting up and running away as fast as I could, the agonizing screams of my bully and panicked shouts of his friends echoing through the woods. I remember running until my feet hurt and my lungs burned, and then running more.

I remember the effects of adrenaline wearing off and the unbearable pain in my hands kicking in. I remember realizing, as I was bandaging the burns, that what happened back in the woods wasn't some freakish accident. It was me.

My anger. My rage. My fire. It lashed out of me, right at the person I hated.

It wasn't spontaneous. I wanted it to happen. I wanted to hurt him.

And it felt good.