At 36 I have maybe come full circle to a place my 16 year old self might have been able to envision, marooned, abandoned, alone — but powerful 

I think I have made it because I left work when I wanted / at a job I like where I also have power / in a city where no one wants to kill me / to go to a home I own where I am safe / with my dog who is beautiful and loves me / where I take prescription meds I get free thru my health insurance / and no one can find me if I don’t want them to