Why won't you smile?A Poem by TaraI watched from the distance As they dragged another away They never come back Ever Her screams echoed through the building People looked away Not wanting to see the young girl pulled away They yanked her by the hair and told her to shut up She whimpered And started to cry Tears leaving streaks Down her grimy face They shook her viciously Told her to stop crying When she didn't One man back handed her Across the face She fell to the floor A gash above her eye Where the man's ring Had cut it She pulled her knees into her chest And rocked back and forth But they weren't having any of that They lifted her up By the scruff of her neck And ripped off her top She screamed louder They got a knife And cut Intricate designs into her struggling body And laughed That's all they did Was laugh And soon enough I felt myself Smile I started to roar with laughter Her eyes met mine Through her matted hair And I grinned I snatched the knife away from the man He looked at me And paled I gave my sinister grin And turned to the rest of the workers I brought the knife to her face And held it against her mouth She didn't move Just stared Why didn't she smile? She should be happy She didn't have to work anymore I smiled She stared I frowned She didn't smile back That was very Very rude Don't you think? I started on the left side of her lip And moved the knife up to her cheek Leaving a perfect curve I then did the same On the other side I stepped back And looked at my handiwork There Now she could smile Forever
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Added on December 4, 2011 Last Updated on December 4, 2011 Author
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