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She cried every night,

She screamed every night,

They heard her every day,

Yet they never once prayed,

For her betterment,

For her livelihood,

All they did was

Break her more.

Standing in front of her mirror,

She cried,

While looking at the torn pictures,

She cried,

While scarring her soul,

She cried,

While remembering their taunts,

She cried

Oh, she kept on crying;

But no one touched her freckled little cheek

To wipe those tears away,

And when she found few,

To wipe those droplets away,

She had already drowned in the deep abyss.

~ N

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