Good Little Girl

Nobody really notices that girl

the one in the back of the room

dressed in all black

heavy eyeliner

a fat lip and cuts on her wrist

all the children around her

are so high on themselves

they don't even notice her

to them she is mute

she doesn't seem to speak

to them she is invisible

she doesn't seem to exist

the girl who goes unnoticed

doesn't really mind

blending in with the shadows isn't so bad

nobody around to please or anger

it isn't so bad

she has convinced herself

the physical pain

numbs the emotional pain

outside those four walls of "home"

it's not so bad

nobody pays attention to her

nobody to praise or abuse her

not like at home

what goes on inside those walls

is no secret

people know

they simply don't care

she tries her best

to cover the bruises

but sometimes it hurts to much

sometimes she can't even move

everyday though she returns home

being a good little girl

hoping that it might be different 

but it never is