Born in a hovel   Her mother cried too   The village named her Maya   Her father started anew.      Never told she was a human   Never knew otherwise   Never doubted life's lessons   Stolen from her mother's eyes.      Ignored, she grows older   Unknowing of her plight   Dreamless, life has nothing to offer   Never given her a reason to fight.      Falls prey to a young man   gotta leave before he changes his mind   Got nothing much to carry   Everything to leave behind.      Sold into a brothel   Girlchild is just 15.   Maya   the name suits her well   this little life has never been      18, she's got the disease   Forgotten everything in between   New girl has come in from her place   gone to welcome her into sin.      'Little sister your name won't do   Choose Maya, that was mine   In this place that is nothing new   It's all I have to leave behind