Running Away

Scared of what you might

find around the next corner.

But running farther and even

farther than ever before.

Not stopping to say hello or even

to take a small rest.

But farther and farther into

the dark world not knowing

where to go.

Suddenly you find that you must

turn back and head for home.

And face the tragedy that you

bestowed upon yourself.

Hitching a ride here and there making

it the best you know how.

finally you are there and find that

everything is better than before.

This is a poem that I wrote while in High School, years ago.  It was a writing in response to a story we read as a class called Nights Away From Home.