• I stopped.

    I just stopped.

    I lookinto her eyes and,

    I saw...me.

    I saw a girl...

    who had no one, was no one...

    I saw someone who was...

    teased, ignored, avoided by kids her own age.

    I saw someone who was first bullied,

    Before she knew what the word meant.

    I watched as that someone...

    grew to distrust people,

    even her own family,

    her own classmates,

    and even herself...

    Her heart was locked tight in...

    layer and layers of cages,

    and the key is lost as her soul is...