In The Shadow

(Contributed article by Josh Servais) She walks the streets cold 🥶  and alone ,

Her beauty is undeniable.  Yet this complex young woman is as fragile as a precious ornament Ah yes , she’s is a woman to be mindful of .

A quiet gem 💎  unknown to societies  stares by pass on the bus stops , No answer when she knocks. But this hidden gem deserves to be treasured , Not one of those we all forget .

Raised by a single parent , surrounded by three siblings , Hand to mouth was all she knew An on some days she could even remember the smell of the stew .

Her mother was no example with the day light brothel she ran , school became her safe haven ,  Just to avoid the touch of her mother’s John .

This jewel is one we laugh with yet at her back we are so hypocrite . We treat her like she is worthless and criticize her constant mess .

Starvation lurks at her door she can no longer avoid the inevitable anymore ,  The taste of the meth gives her courage to bear the stranger’s  girth and bad breath .

Her eyes oh her eyes begs for attention from the authorities ,  To see at fourteen years old  she needs saving from those monstrosities .

But the scras of her impoverished  life have aged this and so she is discarded as a woman not fit to become a wife.

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