WHY I HID HER

Deep in the forest, Where no one enters, She has gone hiding Because no one can hurt her there. Did she hide, Or did I hide her? When I asked, “When do you want to come back?” She said… She said, “Do you believe In the world outside the forest?” My brain and heart froze. I apologized to her And decided to never ask again But when she said, “I will come back when this world Accepts you without betraying,” I was dumbfounded. She has hope. I lost it. She wanted to come back. I wanted to protect her. Will I introduce her to the world, Or keep her happy in the forest?