Can you feel it?
The way the winds have shifted
How the air is not thick
Making it hard to breathe
Something is coming
She knows
As she walks into the hotel lobby
For whatever reason
She doesn’t stay at home tonight
A decision that would impact her
For the remainder of her life
A man boards the elevator with her
He comments about how they’re both
Going to the same floor
Innocent as it seems
She gets off
He follows
Turns the same direction as she does
Then drops something
As she slides the key card in and turns the knob
He rushes her
Pushing her inside the room
She fights him with every bit of strength she has
He muffles her screams with his hand
Kicking
Punching
Clawing
She breaks free
Clothes torn
Stubbing out of the room
She runs down the corridor
Screaming for help from room to room
Floor to floor
Finally running outside into the street
A Good Samaritan calls law enforcement
Crisis averted
Or so it seems
Young lady still has trouble sleeping at night
Even when the air is calm
In the night
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