And so she ran

She ran everyday

Everynight.

She ran for she wanted to fly

She wanted to fly away from everything

That held her down to the ground.

She was so tired

Of being held back

By people who knew nothing

Saw nothing

And cared about nothing.

She knew

Oh she knew

That all the world wants

Is for her to be brought down

Because only birds can fly

Only aircrafts can fly

And one should be very foolish

To even take a leap

Into the sky.

But

She wanted to defy them.

She wanted to defy them all.

She wanted to prove them wrong

About everything they've branded her.

Annoying, bossy, stupid

Bitch.

She wanted to prove them all wrong.

She got so addicted

To the thought of proving them wrong

By flying

That it only brought her down

Slowly, but surely.

She wasn't even aware of it

But everyone around her knew

There was something wrong.

Her coach would tell her during trainings

That she was running way too fast.

Her teachers noticed a sudden drop

In the numbers of her grades.

And her parents

Her parents

The ones she thought would understand her

Don't understand her.

They would scream at both of her ears.

Father on the right

Mother on the left

Saying how she could be better.

As a student, athlete

Daughter.

So there was really no way out of it.

Their words would bump into each other

In her head

Then there was still

The memory of him.

No, it wasn't just a memory

They were memories.

Memories of how they would

Meet up after school.

Memories of how he

Broke her heart

Because he stopped caring.

Her problems became overwhelming for him

Until, slowly

Ever so slowly

He stopped to care.

All of this

Clogged up in her head

Until it resembles a huge pile

Of garbage.

She couldn't clean it up.

She couldn't find a way.

The only way she knew how

Was through running.

And so, she continued running.

She continued flying

Despite everyone else

Telling her to come down.