Afternoon Tea Talk

She yelled.

But no one heard.

Her hands strangled;

Chained in despair.

She cried.

But no one helped.

She hit her head hard against the wall

She fell.

Yet, no head turned.

Her hardships were not theirs

Her pains were but her own affairs

Then they sit back and at afternoon tea

Discuss the sad state of the world

And what it had come to be.

Reading the newspaper headlines,

‘Girl Loses Fight Against Depressing Times’