Family

Where were you when I needed you?
What you didn't know
You might have guessed
But you chose to overlook
Because to see was painful
I bore your pain
Plus all of mine
While you ignored me
Where in the hell were you?

Alone

A little girl of seven
Sits on the front steps
Alone
Pensive
She carries a burden
So unacceptable and heavy
She cannot let it into her thoughts
She only feels its weight
Inside her unnamed

The child is not a child
Except in stature
She sighs
In infinite sadness and despair
As she bears her burden
Alone