• her blue eyes glistened.
    she looked up at the moon hoping for the answers.
    she heard bangs and crashes.
    all she wanted was for the last words she'd hear hadn't been,
    "you're worthless, nothing, nobody wants you."
    as she heard footsteps to the door,
    she grabbed her bag and ran.
    tears streamed down her face as the rain pelted her.
    she longed for a safer, better place to be.
    in her mind,
    she wanted to run as fast as she could and never stop.
    everything around her seemed still,
    as her heart beat seemed louder, and her feet slowed.
    she came to stop.
    she looked around and it was as if time stopped.
    her hair stuck to her neck and back,
    and the tears were like rocks leaving her face and hitting the ground.
    she fell to the ground and told herself;
    "i can't do this anymore."
    her eyes closed and as she took her last breath,
    she held his picture to her heart,
    "don't leave me."
    the rain seemed to cleanse her as the dirt on her face washed away,
    and she knew there'd be a better place waiting for her.

    -mandaaa. <3