Failed Hope

being only four
taken away from her mother
gives her homes the reasons
to be treated separately from the others

from her brother, to her sister
to have whom never loved her
thought nothing much of life
than that life was bitter

her life was of desecration
a weary victim of castigation

she was

and if ever you meet her today
trust nothing of what meets the eye
she seems of nothing but bright and gay
but her pain still resides inside

in her eyes beholds a cryptic past
a hidden hope that it would never last
in her eyes, there tells of her story
pain, that she'd yet failed to bury

strong, to have held it for years
her story became her greatest fear
telling it hurt
like a shot to the heart
her eyes bled with tears

every time told,
was continuation of relief
and every time told,
she'd doubt that hope will ever be

Ashley McGivens -Period 3