Leaving

This is a story about an unhappy woman. She decided that she wanted a better life, and she took action. But sometimes things just aren't so simple.

Leaving

The train pulled out of Philly
It was just a couple minutes after nine
She glanced down at her watch
The train had left the station right on time
She softly breathed a sigh,
She didn’t know just why,
But the feeling deep inside her was sublime

Her fingers touched her Rail Pass
Suspended on a chain around her neck
With no real destination
It was hard to get the nerve to start this trek
Heading anywhere,
She didn’t really care,
What mattered is she got the nerve and left

The life she had been leading
Was nothing like she dreamed of back in school
Hidden in his shadow
She didn’t want to lead that life at all
Fleeing for a life,
No more to be a wife,
The whole world waiting at her beck and call

Just outside of Wilmington
Reality was starting to set in
Sitting in confusion
Imagining just how she would begin
No matter what the town,
He would track her down,
This game of hide and seek she couldn’t win

Sitting on a park bench
She reached into her handbag for her phone
Dialing his number
Wiping tears and feeling so alone
Making up a lie,
Telling him just why,
She’d be hours late arriving home

Steven Pein
9 June 2010