Poetry [for contest]

Tears unspoken mysteries
pleads of starving eyes
Begging for acknowledgment
from those walking past

Daddy doesn't see
she tries so hard to impress
every poem she writes
she hopes he'll smile at

Screams of hatred echo
through the taunting house
a disgrace to the family
just listen to their laughs

Hiding in a corner
trying to be good
cleaning all the household
as tears write her thoughts

Mommy doesn't see
the pleading in her eyes
another night of writing
another night of tears

Laid out in front of you
are the reasons of her thoughts
just to be noticed
by those who pass her by