Sitting there
Ruby red shoes cover her feet
Eyes focused on the floor
Like nothing was wrong
Scars running up and down her legs
Cuts in her ivory skin
Crystal tears silently falling to the ground
Making a salty puddle
He had said he loved her
Then cut her
He told her he hated her
Then hugged her
Her purple bruises constantly reminding her
Of him
No one approaches her
Even though they can see her pain
Too conflicted in their own needs
Their own worries
Chipped nails
Gray hairs
A few pounds
While she sits there
Crying her eyes out
No one cares
Because she isn’t their flesh and blood
So her scars deepen
Instead of heal
You say someone should do something
Stop her hurting
But you sit there in your plush chair
While she aches
While shes in pain
When she is gone
You hear about her on the news
And you send flowers to the grieving parents
Pretend to care
But you didn't care enough to help her
When she needed it
Nobody helped
Nobody bothered
But everyone Grieved
Because it was easy
Effortless
You didn't break a nail
Or ruin your perfect reputation
Just spent five dollars
To comfort her parents after she was already gone
You could of saved her
But it wasn't worth a hour
Or a nail
So she died
And you live
Without gilt
Or regret
You tell yourself, convince yourself
She wasn't your responsibility
Because she wasn't you
You think people would help you in her shoes
Even though you didn't help her
You expect it
While she needed it
But no one provided for her
No one will provide for you
So now shes dead
And your life goes on
She was only one person
And she wasn't you
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Explanation of poem~ We see people in pain everyday, but we don't do anything. And those people sometimes suffer and sometimes die. After seeing them we go home and tell our family and friends how no one helps those people. But we aren't helping anymore then anyone else. when those people are abused so much they die, they are put on the news, so we send flowers to sow that we are sorry that that happened. Even though we aren't.
We as people think that if we were in those peoples shoes people would help us. We would expect it.but if no one helped them, why would anyone help us?
People don't try to help because if the person is anyone beside oneself we think we don't need to care.
