Once Lost

The rain fell, drops of tiny crystallites

they swim in the twilight,

too many thought it pleasant.

No one noticed the lone girl sitting,

hunkered on the ground

leaning against the park bench.

Staring at graffiti,

her green eyes repeatedly

scanning over the phrase:

Once lost, nah never going back.

Rain drips, down her jaw line

she remains fixed in place.

The red words

slashed on the wall

by somone forgotten.

Once

she was

a shadow.

She stares

water drips off her fingernails

she heaves a breath “nah never going back.”