Saved?

PT. I-

Frightened girl,
lost in the dark,
alone and cold,
novel with her,
her only hope,
she sits and reads,
main character,
her fantasy,
he will save her!

She imagines,
mind's illusions,
her sweet hero,
come to save her,
sanity lost,
she says he's real,
she says he'll come,
her fantasy,
he will save her!

Stranded alone,
missing for days,
search parties stop,
she wanders out,
knowing, knowing,
that he is real,
that he will come,
her fantasy,
he will save her!

Family thinks,
"she's good as dead",
the weeping comes,
but they don't know,
that she has him,
she sits and reads,
main character,
her fantasy,
he will save her!

She hopes it will
be soon he comes,
to take her home,
in his bright red,
fairly new car,
that is mentioned,
in chapter nine,
her fantasy,
he will save her!

She hears the sound,
an engine's roar,
she runs to it,
dreaming, wishing,
as she rushes,
to his new car,
main character,
her fantasy,
he will save her!

---

PT. II-

She stops running.
Where could he be?

She realizes.
All she did was
hallucinate.

There was no sound.
Is no hero.

She is not saved.
It has been days.
She is still lost.

He is not there.
He is not real.

She holds the book.
Grabs the covers.
Tears it in two.

No one will come.
Her dreams are gone.

What is there left?
Why should she dream?
No home, no love.

She walks, and walks.
Needs salvation.

At night she sleeps.
She is peaceful.
She does not wake.

She lies there, limp,
and has no dreams.