The neon lights of Main Street
glow brighter than any star.
She hasn't been home in ten months,
but she knows her way to the bar.

Checking herself in the mirror,
she smooths the wrinkles in her dress.
When leaving for work this morning
she didn't seem quite a mess.

The bartender already knows her order.
Drink goes back and the liquid fire soothes her insides.
She steps out into the dark night once more,
ready to find where the monsters hide.