The Stranger

Her broken heart Lay on the ground While everyone hurries by She would cry and Pray for inner peace But all she got was crushed Her parents were so busy Fighting with each other While she was only fighting herself All her “friends” would Jab and joke about Her scarred and hopeless arms The dreams she had Were shattered to bits By all those who put her down Every word that was Said to her Was degrading, mean, and heartless Her once strong soul Is burnt to ash And she walks the halls alone When she gets home Her mom is gone And her dad is full of booze She finds a bottle of pills And grabs her back pack Unzipping it to get a sheet of paper While pulling her notebook out A slip of paper fell When it hit the ground she picked it up The three little words “You are loved” Were written in careful lettering With a smile and tears She threw the pills out And put the unsigned note in a frame She lay in bed and cried Thinking to herself that Her life was saved by a hero… A stranger who cared