The Life That No One Wanted

The Life That No One Wanted

Born into silence instead of delight

No joyful tears welcomed the child that night

Only long faces and whispers downstairs

Heavy resentment hung thick in the air

She grew like a weed through cracks in the floor

Fed just enough while denied something more

Every small need felt a burden to meet

Love always stopping before it grew deep

Photos were missing from shelves in the hall

As though she existed the least of them all

Even her birthdays arrived without sound

Another long year merely dragged itself round

Children can sense when affection is thin

Feel it like winter pressed under the skin

A life no one wanted still learns how to ache

Still dreams of the warmth other people just take

She watched other mothers adjusting young hair

Simple soft gestures she never knew there

Kindness became something distant and strange

Almost impossible life could still change

Then one old woman smiled passing the street

Called her sweetheart while they happened to meet

Such tiny compassion still shattered the dark

Leaving one trembling impossible spark

Now she stands older with scars neatly dressed

Still carrying hollowness deep in her chest

The life that no one had wanted back then

Still found a reason to keep breathing again