A Life She Wants to Run Away...

Ortha-who comes to school all blue and black- has parents that beat her up. Ortha- who has dark circles under her eyes- says she has to get good grades; not an A-, or an A, but an A+. Wishes to burn her past, a better life is all she wants.
Her parents- who always fight all day and night- beats Ortha, their daughter, because her grade, because of her saying she wants to run away.She cries and cries, until no tears are left. Ortha, the industrious student, the doleful girl, who tries to cover her regrets and memories with her makeup, prays and prays, until there you see, tears like crystal dancing in her eyes.
Report cards are coming. Teachers with papers on their arms, walk around the class handing out what Ortha fears. I hear her heart beat, so loud it makes me shiver too. I ask her what she got, and she stares at the ground and the word bounces out of her mouth and into the drain. An A-, she says. What should I do, Ortha keeps on asking. I shake my head, feeling hopeless.
She sits on the bench, as she whispers in her breathe for God to take her up to heaven...