She....

Tears filled her eyes but refused to fall as She rested her head in her arms. in her mind, she saw all the people who meant anything to her. She saw them making choices, directing their lives, and yet she herself was standing still, as if waiting for something. She should have moved on by now, but something held her where She was. gradually, all the faces faded away, except one. She recognized the face before her, and yet it was almost as if she were seeing someone else. The face before her was her own. She could see the pain in her eyes, the fear, the lonliness.

Was this how it was meant to be? She had not always been thus....