The Field

I needed to escape
but I had nowhere to go

So I ran to the field

Through my back yard
over the chain link fence
down the hill through the woods

The moonlight showed the path
as I ran through the grass
to a lonely tree by the tracks

Just three blocks more
and I’d be at her house

But I would never go there again

Underneath the small tree
I collapsed to my knees
Sobs became wails
as I finally lost control
So loud that I was afraid
somebody would hear me

On and on they went
until a passing train

strangled them to silence