Her life began, a story untold,
Pages unwritten, a tale to unfold.
A girl who ran, breaking records each day,
With dreams to light her own pathway.

She married her love in 1990’s embrace,
Giving her heart, her life, her grace.
He, a hustler with secrets to hide,
Set his sights on a girl, barely the tide.

At sixteen, her youth was caught in his snare,
Blinded by love, she was unprepared.
A trap was laid, a cage unseen,
Her life became a shadowed dream.

Thirty-seven years, her soul still sold,
Her heart in chains, her story cold.
For love, she complied, her voice held tight,
Living her days in muted fight.

But deep within, her spirit remains,
A flicker of hope through the years of pain.
Perhaps one day, her story retold,
Will free the girl from the shackles of old.