#15--She

Years upon years of ignorance
Naïve little girl thinks she understands the world.
Words can’t express
Just how rude the awakening awaiting her
Could be.
More cruel than rude.
She realizes all too late
She knows nothing.
She sits in her room,
Listening to the cars driving by,
The cool night
The street lights.
Tries to bring herself to forgive herself.
But this is how it goes.
Right?
This is how people live,
It’s the way life goes.
But ask her if she’s alright.