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Weekly Contest #305
The pedestrian light turns green. I take a step forward-Wait.I don’t want to go home.Can I stay out for a little while longer?Mom might get angry.I have to go home.But I don’t want to. I look at the bulging grocery bag in my hand. The pedestrian light starts blinking. I sigh.To hell with it. I run.Skipping the right turn I usually take to go home, I veer left instead. I bound down the street, my chocolate brown hair flying behind me.Where am I going?I don’t know. Wait, yes, I do.Away from home. It’s not a home. I run. And I run. And I run....
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