This girl's world
is not like mine.
I could never understand
what's going through her mind.
A life of hardship
far beyond her years,
what's happened in so short a time
sends me into tears.
First impressions
sometimes send
a message that they don't intend;
we find ourselves apprising others
so easily, with the slightest little nudge,
what happened to my empathy
when I was quick to judge?
