That woman
Standing in line at the grocery store
Picking up her kids from school
In church on Sunday
Nicely dressed, smelling good, great smile
You’d never know
Just by looking
That she has a lucratively lustful occupation
You’d never know
She spends most of her work hours on her back, thinking that since she works for a company her work is legitimized.
They’re clients………not johns
She’s a customer service worker………not a hooker
She’s simply providing a way of life for her and her kids
But, you’d never know
That man
On the construction site
In the elevator
Filling up at the gas station
Nicely dressed, smelling good, great smile
You’d never know
Just by looking
He’s got blood on his hands and wrestles with demons within himself daily
You’d never know
He has and is still capable of taking lives after years of street living and gangbanging.
He’s done 10+ years in prison for his deeds but now struggles with homosexual fantasies after hearing and witnessing inmate rapes during his time in
But, you’d never know
That girl
In cheerleading practice
Hanging out at the mall
At your daughters’ sleepover
You’d never know
Just by looking
She’s in constant danger at home
You’d never know
When she goes home every night she’s in the care of her mothers’ boyfriend
A man who continues to regularly sexually abuse her after her mother chose to not believe the prior claims of abuse
But, you’d never know
That boy
Shooting hoops in the park
Riding his bike down the street
Hanging out with your son
You’d never know
Just by looking
He’s a drug addict and alcoholic
You’d never know
The baggy clothes, pimply faced kid who sometimes hangs around your house is a weed smoking, ecstasy popping, Nyquil sipping, paint huffing, medicine cabinet consuming addict who drinks whatever he can get his hands on and has an alcoholic volume by content
But, you’d never know