Scars Last Forever

A fist slammed into my face. "AH!" Someone kicked me, shattering a rib. I curled up, tears coursing down my bruised cheeks.
"Aw, is the widdle bay-bee scawed?" my dad asked in a baby voice. He hit my leg with a baseball bat. I screamed. I had never felt so much pain in my life. A grin stretched across my father's cruel face. "Take that, you faggot! Anyone else want a turn?" The circle of my ex-friends and family closed around me. A tidal wave of pain washed over me. I screamed.