No one

No one noticed, no one cared.

Every day struggling

To keep it together

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Every time problems arose;

She handled them herself

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No one noticed, no one cared.

As the pressure got to her

She knew she could not give up

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As she nursed wounds

mental and physical

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No one noticed, no one cared

Silent tears, unheard complaints

Kept her head down, ashamed

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Every step forward she made

Life kicked her right back

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No one noticed, no one cared.

Every time something went wrong

She put on a brave face

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The hurt she held deep within

Wages of other's errors and sins

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No one noticed, no one cared.

Hurt she tried to push aside,

she fought with day and night

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Just kept going, despite it all

Struggling, but surviving

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No one noticed, no one cared

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Would you?

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Thanks for reading!

This originally started as a microfiction about a homeless woman, but as I wrote it, it became something else different.

If you have time and inclination here are a couple of other recently published pieces:

You can also take a look at the rest of my work here.