The Life Unchosen
Her hem came down almost mid-thigh
it was quite a dress for one so shy
But she wore it well and walked with pride
Though calloused she hid her tears inside
Her strapless bra and fishnet hose
Fit her well one would suppose
She's not what her clothes made others see
Or what life had reduced her to be
There was a time when grace and poise stood out
This life was not what she was about
There were many hearts she once could steel
Now she sold herself to buy a meal
When still a child of younger days
Her dad came each night and made her play
For years she tried hard to tell her mom
But her mom’s blind love let it go on
After six years she fled from nightly strife
And hoped to finally find a better life
But the world was not a friendly place
For fifteen and fallen from her mother’s grace
Her figure was like an hour glass
She could make a righteous man trespass
At 6'1 she was a sight indeed
A beauty most had to concede
But inwardly she tried to hide
The precious soul she hid inside
A concert piano playing gem
She also played cello and the violin
Many offered to take her from this
And keep her as their private mistress
But she was not something to own
While they returned to their own happy home
She could quote Hamlet act and verse
But this part she played made her feel her worst
She dreamed of her own new home at last
And putting this life well in her past
A few more years she’d make them pay
While she scrimped and saved and stashed away
For now she was a high-class whore
With patrons hanging at her door
But soon she would put all this aside
Find a new place and regain her pride
Then start the life of which she’s dreamed
But again she hears the doorbell ring©
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