A face in the crowd

She sat by the pavement all by herself Her eyes so pale, her body so frail Her life was once so full of riches Happiness & joy was hers to take A beloved to love & dear ones to rear A wonderful home oozing of love and care Content had she been in her small beautiful world Wonderful moments, here ,she had watched them unfold But no not she that her joy was not to last long Misery & pain awaited her all along The dance of terror they played at her door Her pleadings fell silent in their loud fierce roar Her near ones , they killed in one stroke Stunned she stood, as her paradise they broke The helpless plea of her little one The pyre she lit of her dear ones Day in & Day out now she lives this nightmare Cries out in vain for there is no one to care I held her weak hand trying to calm her But no words could I find to confort her Her tearful eyes ask me a thousand questions No answers i had, i stand ashamed & frozen Wrecked & Distressed , her young face grown old Slowly she walked away to a place unknown A face in in the crowd she is for all Her sobs & wails , we forget them all.