The Long Walk Home

She turned her back and walked away, emotion full of pain
The sentiment she could not control, inside she felt such shame
With hurried steps and labored breath, she glanced around in fear
And uninhibited from her eye, there streamed a single tear.

Each passing day, the hurt inside, the pain in every stride
Brought sleepless nights, an unending plight had hurt deep inside
Had hid her smile far beneath; heartache caused from sin
It seemed a wait would be required to mend her heart within.

If only time she could rewind to rid of such regret
And not a soul to there console; this need that was not met
The start which had so long ago, been christened with a song,
Would sadly now be laid to rest, the end a tragic wrong.