Just go

                          When she was 4, 5, 8
                       There were certain words
                        That she learned to hate
                  When she was four she wanted to play
            When she was five she just wanted their time of day
                         When she was eight,
                She knew they just wished she'd stay away
                      "Our friends are over, not yours
                                 Go away"

                  8 though 13 she had no friends.
               Her brothers and sisters still didn't know
             Every time they had friends over she could hear
                    The laughter and the fun.
                 When everyone but she got to go.

                        It's two years later
               She feels like she's been through hell
          But she's got the truest of friends to show for it
                     She know in her mind
               That her family truly loves her
           And she thought things were going well
                               Until

               She sees a picture of her older sister
                  Who's married, happy
            Has both a lovely house and spouse
           Didn't know up until now, that she misses her
             The sister that had criticized and bossed
                  She knew her sister loved her
                             Right?

              But they haven't spoken properly in a year
                And because of how her siblings treated her
            She now hides in corners on the holidays
               Doesn't think they want her near

                    Won't sit with people at lunch
                        She keeps to herself
                       And tries to stay alone
                    Acceptance and kindness
                  To her appear thin as a bone

                  She cries on her bed at midnight
                  (she never cries during the day)
                         Recalling all the times
                  Any brother or sister said go away.

                 So whenever you may speak to her
                 There's something you should know
              When you offer acceptance and love
                 She might only hear the words
                               "Just go"