One Look

One look, that was all it took...

One look, that was all it took, from her so-called 'family'...
she knew that she was unloved and unwanted...

One look, that was all it took, from her peers...
she knew she was unmissed and, in their eyes, truly invisible...

One look, that was all it would have taken, for some stranger, to see that she was alone, aching and yearning for some love, underneath that blank face and the cold and empty depths of her silver-grey eyes...

But unfortunately for her, no stranger would pause long enough to stare into her eyes to observe this...

Until he came along...