Girl In the shadows
No one remembers
the girl in the shadows
staring at her stomach
wanting it to disappear
no one remembers
the girl in the dark
covering the ripped skin
by the rim of her shirt
no one remembers
the girl on the night
her parents who wished she was here
digging her grave
to be free
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