OVERLOOKED

Dread clutched her throat
As captains picked their teams
Even though she had desire
She never allowed herself to dream

He watched them divide up
Into groups of ten
He was number twenty-one
It was clear, no one needed him

Friends all married and on their way
She still lived at her childhood home
No one had to tell her....overlooked
She would trudge through life, alone

Always weird, definitely different
Coworkers are like bullies on the playground
The words at recess passed with time
But the shunning in the break room, reverberates the silent sound

Out of all the people one could have picked
No one would even notice the throng below the idols
Stepped on, used as ladder rungs 
So the important can ride the stallion with bejeweled bridles 
....to the OVERLOOK

Position is everything
In a system that values power
But humility accepts the position
Without the compulsion to cower
...to man

Written by Trudy Schrader on 04-11-2019

Note: I felt overlooked for most of my life, until Daddy God showed me that HE overSEES everything that concerns me. I don't always like where He has led me, but I would not change a thing....and I am eternally grateful :)