Little Girl With the Broken Smile

Little Girl With the Broken Smile

Little girl with tears streaming down her face
always tried to be the one who helped others find their place.
She strived to love and loved to encourage,
but eventually caved in when she no longer felt worth it.
Her depression got the best of her and she decided to quit
and leave the world behind so she’d no longer feel pain.
She was sick of loving and being destroyed.
Sick of hurting and feeling like a toy.
She just wanted to be free of this broken smile
and empty eyes.
Finally she gave in to all the world’s lies.
She took blade in her hand, and marked up her arms.
Then she swallowed twelve pills to mask the harm
and threw to the ground, her silver ring.
Grabbed a rope and tied it round her throat
and gripped in her fingers, a suicide note.
She said, “Forgive me God, I cannot go on,”
and she jumped from the chair; gasped for a last breath,
as the rope tightened and led her to her death.
Eyes glassy and smile broken
she exited the world with a loud yet unheard cry.
No one noticed she lived although she died
for the girl they once knew was hidden quite well.
This story is told so you all can see
that broken people like this are quite like you and me.
They torture and kill themselves on the inside
and the world, all they do, is pass them right by.
No one hears their silent cry
as the pain overwhelms them.