So much grief lies under
Her cheery expressions.
I did not know of
The woes she had endured.
Her family saw her
As a burden
I could understand
If her heart was torn.
The love from a mother
She could not know.
A father's smile
Was never seen.
She saw life
As troubling.
What could this pain
All mean?
Then as life grew
More difficult
And evil
Beared its horns,
A light shined
On her,
And her son
Was born.
Devon McElveen
http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/vanessa/
