Running away when they
Never invited me to stay.
White walls with hollow smiles
hanging so polite.
I’ll never forget the dread in her eyes.
From pretending this is all she ever dreamed of being.
As though New York City never crossed her mind.
As if she didn’t know she was always smarter than him.
I will never understand why she hid her light away.                 I won’t be caught doing the same thing.