Behind Her Smile Poem by Daniel Bernard Kelleher

No one sees the sadness
Behind her smiling face
No one sees the wounds
She hastily covers up

To admit the beatings
Was to admit she failed
Brainwashed so much
It was all her fault

No friends to talk to
They stopped calling by
Most knew what was happening
But just turned a blind eye

She puts up with the beatings
She was afraid to speak out
She though no one would listen
Ashamed to let people know

Those friends who looked on
And knowing the truth
Are as guilty as the bully
Who caused all this misery

Stand up to the bully
And they will back down
A bully is a coward
Controlling but weak