Her Life | A Poem by Katherine Brent

And so it came to pass
That she grew up and moved away
No longer walked down
Familiar lanes
Charted her own course
In a faraway place
Leaving behind people
Who would grow to resent her
And cover for their absence of courage
By saying it was her fault
Huddled together wishing her ill
Refusing to look at themselves
Her whole life ahead of her