My stomach grumbled as I looked around,
I didn’t need the mirror to tell me that I had already lost another pound.
I looked upon the sheer extravagance with distaste,
What would I not do to get the food which is bound to go to waste!
This is the fourth day in a row that I’ve survived on measly scraps!
The disdainful looks I received only widened the huge gap.
Here I was, with next to nothing to eat,
While their pet probably got a much better feast.
I couldn’t help but be angry at the life that I had received,
Life was really not the fantasy that I’d believed.
I was dumped out on the road when I was just a little girl,
Since then I’d witnessed my destiny unfurl.
Going to school was a dream I’d always had but never accomplished,
Since I’d never really known a life when I wasn’t impoverished.
It’s hard having people look at me as they quickly deem me unworthy of a human life,
They completely ignore the problems I’ve faced, my troubles, my strife!
My self-esteem couldn’t sink lower than it already was,
All day and all night went battling people who seemed to detest me without cause!
As I finished up for the night, I couldn’t help but pray,
I hoped that the things don’t always stay the same way.
Before I could finish that thought, a sharp pain assaulted me,
Out of the periphery of my eye, I saw the car which struck me.
Soon, shock overcame pain while everything around me stood still,
The fact that no one will probably even notice my death caused a terrible chill.
I could feel it in my bones that my end was near,
But for the first time in my life, I felt free, and without fear.
I hoped to be reborn in a much better world,
The news reporters won’t even cover the hit and run of that nameless girl.
