‘Is there a problem darling? ’ <br />‘Just leave me alone mom! ’ <br />She banged the door on her mom’s innocent blink <br />This was the home she wanted to run away from. <br /> <br />‘Look who’s here? ’ <br />‘Oh! The Icky-Becky-Prickly-Stool! ’ <br />She just wanted to run away. But where? <br />This was her nightmare, her school. <br /> <br />As the night fell, she ran away with a bag <br />Till she reached the station, she ran like stag <br />500km she came away from home <br />Now she really was alone. <br /> <br />She shared a house with an old woman <br />As a paying guest and got a job as packaging worker <br />Everyday she went to parties with a new man <br />Everyday she inched from her family further. <br /> <br />Realized she three years later <br />What a fool she was <br />Desire to go back was greater <br />As her parents must be sad, and she was the cause. <br /> <br />When she knocked, her father opened the door <br />‘Who are you? ’ he asked angrily <br />From sadness she fell on floor <br />But she was being treated fairly. <br /> <br />After he slammed the door shut <br />She went to their neighbor’s home <br />‘What are you doing here? ’ the neighbor burst <br />‘What is it with my dad, I was just thrown.’ <br /> <br />‘So you don’t know? Your mother after you were gone <br />Died of shock and heart attack <br />Your dad was totally torn <br />Because love for family you lack.’ <br /> <br />She sat down on the stairs <br />Her hand on her mouth is despair <br />She didn’t accept to be forgiven <br />For all the pain she had given.<br /><br />Aditi Khandelwal<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/a-runaway-3/
