Straight hallway.

Narrow and never ending.

I dashed.

Didn't look back.

Too scared too.

Corner.

Finally.

Dart around.

Blood pumping,

Heart pounding,

Throat burning,

Pulse racing.

Tracking footsteps.

I sit.

Salty tears slither down my face

Like raindrops on a window

I have no friends to come comfort me

I have no teacher to come help me

I have no handkerchief to wipe my tears

I have no boy to wrap his arms around me

I am lonely

And sad

And afraid

And terrified

And exhausted

My cheeks were wet

And I scrambled off the floor

I did not look back

But instead ran straight out the school doors