HOW TO RUN AWAY

I can't tell you how to run away, because I've never actually done it.
I remember a hundred times I wanted to and only one that I actually tried.

I packed up my duffle bag and walked out the front door

(1. Don't use the front door.)

I crashed down the steps and dared the world to watch me.

(2. Don't crash, this is about you, not the people who see you.)

I didn't even make it past the drive way before my mom was shouting at me to come back.

(3. Wait until you have a getaway car.)

I didn't fight back, I just turned around

(4. Don't give up too soon.)

She said I wasn't allowed to run away
that is the point, I thought, the kids who are allowed to run away, never do.

I'm eighteen now and I still want to run away sometimes,
but I'm still too afraid to ever do that,
I'm still not allowed.

(5. Come back.)