and they all said that she would be
such a good girl
did they notice when her blushing naive days were
past them
did they realize that sometimes she would let
him walk her down the hall - he being a highly inebriated boy of 17
did they realize that she was running away?
did they see her when she was not their
sweet little Dolly?
would they have known that she could not give something
sacred to the hazel eyed mistake she let be
she let him be
and she found Jesus
she found herself
she found a Glory when she cried herself awake in the morning
reality was reality
"such a good girl"
they pat her back
they don't need to know, do they.