She takes them all on

& still she feels nothing...

She seems to smile

& they think she's laughing...

But what none of them know

is that this woman is broken

& crying & wounded.

She's bleeding inside & no

one can save her.

She became this illusion to survive

the disaster that childhood forced

upon her when she was innocent &

capable of love.

Now no one can touch her

& no one can hurt her

& no one can make her feel

the reality of her life as a victim.