Do You Know What It's Like

Do you know what it's like

to be all alone

With no mother 

no father 

no place to call home 

When you fall on your face 

and there's nobody there 

No one to help you 

no one who cares 

Do you know what it's like 

to be a single girl 

With no one to lean on 

adrift in the world 

To have children rely 

completely on you 

Whose lives depend 

on everything you do

Do you know what it's like 

to be too scared to love 

Too hurt to try

too abused to trust 

To walk each day

alone in the world 

Unloved and uncared for 

unnurtured, unheld

Do you know what it's like 

do you understand 

Can you feel my pain 

like no one else can 

Or do you not really care 

about what I have to endure 

Living in your own little bubble 

warm, safe and secure