THE GIRL ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD

There was a girl,
Sixteen years old
Who was found at the side
Of the road.

Her cheeks sunken in,
Her heartbeat fading
As she laid
In the garbage alone.

She was found by a beggar
Who did nothing but roam,
Searching in the dustbin
For something to take home.

Little did he know
What that black bin would hold-
The suffering body of a beauty
Unprotected by the cold.

In his mind he pictured the life
Of the angel in his sight.
Overcome by the darkness
That hid her from the light.

But everyone he pictured
Couldn't compare
To the life she suffered,
No matter how unfair.

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So let me tell you the story
Of the girl on the side of the road.

Ignore the whispers on the street,
This is how a story should be told...