Silent Screams    

Look at us, we’re all so cool,
We all smoke, don’t be a fool,
Take one now, we’re not in school.
All the same, that’s our first rule.
Silently she screamed for guidance.

Party time with all her friends,
Has to follow latest trends,
Takes a pill, so small and white,
Keeps her dancing through the night.
Silently she screamed for excitement.

Red and green she dyes her hair,
Gives her family such a scare,
Tattoos adorn her breast and hip,
Rings through eyebrow, nose and lip.
Silently she screamed for help.

No more time for home or schools,
Stuff their pressure, stuff their rules,
Those who are in charge are fools,
Talking maths and kilojoules.
Silently she screamed for love.

Sleeping here and sleeping there,
From day to day without a care,
Bright eyes have turned to hazy stare,
Her fate is sealed, she’s unaware.
Silently she screamed for her family.

Learns to be both whore and thief,
Drugs she buys bring some relief,
Calm and peaceful when injected,
Sharing needles, soon infected.
Silently she screamed for a way out.

No one heard her silent screams,
All preoccupied, it seems,
Lost forever, all her dreams,
Marble tombstone, how it gleams.