California

   With eyes full of heat
and despair, liquid and
pain filled. Knowing the truth
breaks her already torn
heart. How could she have
been betrayed so cruelly
by fate?
   To resolve the pain she
felt inside, she cut and she
cried. The relief she
felt was short lived and
so she drank and cut
some more. The drinking
soothed her soul.
   Numbed and dulled by
un-relinquished pain. So she
left for a place faraway.
As if distance could heal
a wound she couldn't see.
In despair she reached out
to a friend, but even with
help, she cut again.
   To California she is
set, afraid of what hasn't
happened yet. To face her
pain she makes the
journey to California. To
possibly regain a piece of
her little girl inside. To
regain her lost self.
   Hidden from the world
is a frightened, little, girl.