Maybe it was time to change.

She closed her eyes,
pushing out every aspect of everyone she’d taken in,
back into a world she never asked to be a part of.

She could feel him in the room with her.
Her eyes darted around, searching for movement
in the darkness, frantic and confused.
Her breathing became fast and shallow,
and her eyes welled up with tears.

He was here, and there was nothing she could do to stop him.

She was scared.

Scared of all the things she would be leaving.
Scared of how she would be treated.
Scared of what she had done.

As the room grew dim,
she could feel his hand reach out for her,
touching her,
in a way that was comforting and familiar.

She was leaving.
As he picked her up he pressed his cheek to her’s,

"from here there is nothing,
just as it was before."