No Choice

NO CHOICE
By: Mickey Stroda

As I watched the children out playing,
I kept hearing a soft little voice;
It seemed to be saying, again and again,
You really had no other choice.

Remembering times when bruises were new,
Those seen as well as unseen;
though I'd hidden the truth from everyone else,
you saw through the lie, so it seems.

You knew the pain I was feeling,
Though you'd never been there yourself;
you saw I was hurting and lonely,
so why couldn't anyone else.

Mickey Stroda writes full-time. She has published poems in numerous anthologies through the International Library of Poetry, (located at poetry.com) including 'The Poetry of Life' in 1987, 'Yesterday and Tomorrow' and 'The Silence Remembers' in 1999 and 'Nature's Echoes' in 2000, more than 30 of her poems are also due to come out in an International Library of Poetry anthology entitled 'The Silence Within' this June.

She is currently working on a Science Fiction novel and the first book in a horror series, entitled 'Blood Ties', with the first book in the series being titled 'The Beginning'. Also, a book of poetry by Ms. Stroda and other members of her family is due out for release in the near future. It will be called 'Season To Season'.

Mickey resides in Herington, KS. She can be emailed at m_fairchild_2000@yahoo.com or DIVA_OF_THE_DARK@yahoo.com

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