Orphan Child

*this is based on a true story*
children run around wild
too many of them to count
but the one who catches my eye
doesn't look like anyone I've ever seen
her green eyes are worn with depression
having seen sights that no eyes should see
and her grief seems to coat her whole body
as if she'd been painted in pain
her clothes are ragged and torn
and her lips, chapped from the icy wind
and she shivers although it is warm
what could have happened to this child?
to make her life such a storm?
she seems to have jumped out of olden-day TV
her clothes are so faded and gray
the only color on her is her hair
its rich red although ratty and dirty
she doesn't seem to be able to see me
she's locked behind doors in her head
seeing the horrors of her too recent past
reliving the events every day