When She Was Bad (4 Rondelets)

When She Was Bad (4 Rondelets)

When she was bad
Everything would seem to hurt her
When she was bad
Attacking those who caused her pain
Beaten up by her own mother
Covering scars that showed her hurt
When she was bad

She cried last night
At school, nobody else could see
She cried last night
She and mom got into a fight
Having reached the last boundary
Kicked into the street, no fright
It's feels so hard to see the light
She cried last night

It's not that bad
She wakes up on her granite sheet
It's not that bad
Abandoned by her mom and dad
Doing drugs, stealing money, cheat
Sells her body to survive living on the street
It's not that bad

Five years later
Living in a nice home indoors
Five years later
There is no more need to hate her
No need to steal money; she's not poor
New 'rents; not hurting anymore
Five years later

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The Rondelet is a brief French form of poetry. It consists of one stanza, made up of seven lines. It contains a refrain, a strict rhyme scheme and a distinct meter pattern. The rhyme scheme is AbAbbA.