pushed, right onto the ground
kissing asphalt as though she'd
been married to the pain

it's not fair, nothing's ever fair,
she thought, and though they
assault her, they won't disturb her worlds

she had to keep them protected, had
to keep them spinning, or she'd
fall to the ground and not get back up

but more than once, they'd popped
and didn't grow back, two of them
right on the end

had already evacuated by then, and she
hopes that no more leave
it felt like a piece of her

had been completely taken away
thrown into the abyss
the black hole that was her life

take it all away, give a little back
that's what it's all about right?
just insert one orb

into the slot which was left,
but it never felt the same
it will never feel the same again