The Sad Story of Shanelle

Shanelle is 15 years old and goes to school as often as she can She's popular at school and is expected to do well on her exams Her smile covers 100 scars and tragedies she's had to embrace Her friends have no idea of what tragedies she's had to face She's always beaming and full of life Her eyes glisten and her smile shines bright All of the boys are interested because she wears revealing clothes She's mainly interested in the ones who are dealing dope They provide a comfort, no one knows that she's feeling broke Her mother is a heroin addict and her father abuses her She smiles for the world but nothing amuses her She is forced to sleep with drug dealers so she can feed her mothers habit The dealers just see Shanelle as another addict She goes home with the heroin and her dad does unspeakable things to her that no child should go through He covers it up, by saying "I love you, let me show you" She tries to fight him off every time but he's just too strong for her She closes her eyes and dreams of better times when there's no hurt She's never felt love and wonders what that feeling is like She's not able to live, her parents are stealing her life She wears make up, and smiles brightly that's her favourite costume She plays Brenda's got a baby by Tupac and Runaway love by Ludacris at full volume She's falling behind with her school work because of all of this Her teachers notice a significant change and look at all the days she missed They call her into speak but she just says she's poorly Because she'll get beat if she says my parents aren't there for me She goes home that night and begins to write a suicide note Tells her parents how she hates them as they didn't provide hope Never made her feel loved, she had no one and that's why she had to end it Her heart had been broken from the first time her dad abused her and nothing could mend it Now she's hanging in the air, after such a tragic story this was her only way to find peace Damn, I just had to wipe a tear off my cheek I wrote this based on things that happen, it's not a true story that I had to tell But it breaks my heart, Because I've heard a lot of stories like Shanelle's