Underneath every superficial smile

There laid something dark and vile

Hidden within each cloying word

Was a vicious glee buried and blurred

 

For years, she was blind

And needlessly kind

But she was finally aware,

That, they would never care

It was all a cruel pretense

At her expense

 

For, she was the little pushover

Who would helplessly hover

For recognition and acceptance again and again

Though it was all in vain

 

As all those memories struck her again,

She was filled with searing pain

A melancholic smile etched her face

As the rolling tears left their trace

 

She made a vow

To never bow

To those pretentious weeds

And never again would she satiate their endless greeds