Mom

How is she is supposed to look into her mother’s eyes

with her tear-stained face and

tell her that the little girl who she loved for

18 years

and carried her for

nine months

is going away.

The home that she has known is so

cruel

to her.

The ruthless boys.

The snickering girls.

Bring her down with every word they utter.

Her only choice is to

leave.