Nancy Blane

In each human life it's said you'll find a story And everyone has a story to tell And even some children of quite wealthy parents Have been through mental torture and through hell And Nancy Blane is that sort of a person Her parents they are multi millionaires But she looks old for one in her mid twenties And she feels sad and she is worn by cares. She has two siblings a brother and sister The youngest of a family of three And in every family there is a 'black sheep' And she's the black sheep of her family. The black sheep of her family due to her mental illness For circumstances beyond her control For the past six years in and out of institutions She's worse off than those living on the dole. Her mum and dad have chosen to disown her And they do not claim her as one of their own As do her brother Jim and her sister Betty And far apart from them all she has grown. They do not understand her mental illness And when she needed them from her they turned away They only worry about their own egos And what their wealthy friends might think or say. The people living in the Urban ghettos Are born poor and as poor they remain But at least their parents had little to offer And they are better off than Nancy Blane. The poor sad daughter of millionaire parents For one so young in premature decay She's only twenty five but she looks much older Her light brown hair already turning gray.