The woman on the street corner with a forgotten name,
Hooked on heroin and on the game,
A young girl turned woman before her time,
On the streets since she was nine,
She cringes at the sight of her own reflection,
And only her pimp can offer her protection,
She only smiles when she is buying,
The rest of the time, she is crying,
Battered and bruised, used and abused,
She\u2019s scared more and more with every screw,
She looks so old but she\u2019s only 23,
Wondering what if, everytime she passes that big oak tree,
I see her everyday whilst getting my morning paper,
People stop and stare, until the car pulls up and takes her,
I often wonder what kind of life she had before,
But the old and ignorant just stand and mutter \u201cwhore\u201d,
I decided I was going to ask her, her name,
And try and get her off of the game,
But when I went to get my paper, she wasn\u2019t there,
And when I asked, nobody cared,
When walking home I passed a big oak tree,
And for once, that girl was free.
Wrote on 06\/07\/2018<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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