Facing The Unknown

She peeked back over her shoulder

To check that the coast was clear

For happiness to float in her life

Like a gentle breeze, not a storm

Like a cosy home, not a shared dorm

Where freedom is eternal

Compliance is not the norm

She peeked back over her shoulder

To leave without regrets

To say a final goodbye

To all, she once believed was fine

Till it started cracking up her spine

Till it asphyxiated individuality

Till it threatened to spill out of mines

She looks ahead to find a path

Where night gives way to hazy dawn

Where a dark past meets an uncertain future

It does not kill, it does not matter

Life is not handed over on a platter

When she starts at the lowest point

Life can get only good and better.