Vanessa Poem by Devon McElveen

So much grief lies under
Her cheery expressions.
I did not know of
The woes she had endured.

Her family saw her
As a burden
I could understand
If her heart was torn.

The love from a mother
She could not know.
A father's smile
Was never seen.

She saw life
As troubling.
What could this pain
All mean?

Then as life grew
More difficult
And evil
Beared its horns,

A light shined
On her,
And her son
Was born.