She is just 16.

Just a child herself, and now she is pregnant. What will the father say, what will her father say! What will happen to her dreams now. What shall she do. How could this have happened to her.

Wondering where I can go
My spirit needs to fly
With deepest contemplation now
My heart just feels a sigh

Feel so lost within this place
It seems this is my fate
Never knowing how to leave
My heart and soul debate

Courage found but holding back
So hard to know the way
Abandonment to all my dreams
My heart now dips and sways

Knowing what is right for me
The heart still feels the pain
Every fiber of my soul
Is drenched with acid rain

Decisions don't come easily
When feeling so alone
I need this time to understand
My heart is what I own

With a breath of courage now
I'll face the brand new dawn
Painfully this time will pass
Heart's destiny reborn.

~Francine Pucillo ~
Šused with permission
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