It's Okay

It's Okay

She walked in.

First period of the day

and the first day of school.

She was scared.

She couldn’t recognize anyone.

She saw faces,

Some she recognized,

But didn’t talk to,

and

Others,

she had no idea who they were.

She was scared.

She had no idea what she would face.

She was never a good writer

Or reader

What was she doing here.

She didn’t belong.

Days had passed

and she still felt bad.

Every time the teacher called on someone,

she would pray,

pray that it wasn’t her.

Just thinking about giving the wrong answer,

made her sweat.

Her hands would shake

and all she could think of,

was an escape.

Her head telling her,

“You don’t belong here,”

“This place is not for you.”

She focused  and realized

That it was okay.

She was okay,

And she could do it.

Months had gone by.

She made it,

It was finally December

and the first semester had ended.

Don’t know how she survived

or how she did it,

but she did.

And she never quit.

Not once.