The Girl With The Ebony Hair

In the middle of a field
In a small country town
The girl with the ebony hair lies on her back
Staring at the stars
The grass is so tall that you can barely see her
The moon shines so brightly here
For only the rich have modern lights
The young girls ebony hair is spread out among the grass
And it clings to it as if for dear life
She is young now
Maybe nine or ten
And modern technology doesn’t matter to her
But like all young girls
She grew to be a teenager
Eager to see the world beyond the town’s boarders
She wanted to see the real world
Not the town time forgot
She wanted to leave
So, at sixteen, she snuck out of the house
With money she’d been saving since she was twelve
Got on a bus
And left for the city
To the girl with the ebony hair
The city was amazing
Full of people
And tall buildings
She checked into a small hotel
On the west side of town
Where the girl with the ebony hair first saw a computer
She was astounded
Where the girl with the ebony hair grew up
The crickets would sing you to sleep
Now the sirens and lights never ceased
About a year later
The girl with the ebony hair looked out her window
She saw a woman get attacked by gangsters
A few weeks after her birthday
A mugger attacked her
And thee days later
She was offered drugs
The girl with the ebony hair was so horrified
That she got on the nearest bus
And had it take her back to her town
She was seventeen
The girl with the ebony hair
Just as long and black as ever
Walked into the field
And fell into the grass
And it clung to her hair as if for dear life
And the girl with the ebony hair was home
With only the moon and the stars to greet her


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