Will She Ever Learn? Her parent's love at an age so young Quickly starts to fade As she celebrates another birthday. Soon there is not a family left. Just anger and sadness. Hate and disappointment. Their fake smiles don't fool her. Her parents would do anything For a different daughter. Constantly left alone, She starts to go insane She can't take the pain. She craves affection, A soft hand to hold, And love in her heart. She gets called a sleaze, Becomes the home wrecker. She is named tease. She gets taken advantage of, Beaten down, And her heart has been torn out. Will she ever learn the truth? Nobody will catch her tears, And nobody truly cares.
Finally Smiling She walks into school, head down, music loud. She drowns out the laughter, judgement, stares. She doesn't understand, why does nobody like her, why is she so odd? She sits in class, nail biting, leg shaking. She can't concentrate, head pounding, thoughts spinning. She goes to lunch, silently sitting, loneliness killing. She won't eat, tummy grumbling, empty feeling. She goes home, always failing, parents screaming. She lays in bed, door shutting, lights darkening. She decides she's done, wrists bleeding, finally smiling.