How can this happen?

How can a sweater bought by two school friends
given to her as a protection from the cold winter days
be taken away by a jealous elder sister
when she has already taken the only one they used to share

A girl with such sensitivity, such patience, such charm
such fine writing skills that surpasses a hku MPhil
got bullied by her half crazy mother
who doted on her drug taking prisoner younger brother

moved out for a better life with her elder sister
only to be squeezed out again from the flat they jointly bought
to house the sister's boy friend who now moved in
and sponges on the elder who feeds him and badmouths the younger who doesn't

Who told her, if she had not spent the whole week
nursing her 12 year older boy friend
who broke one arm fallen from a horse riding in China
She wouldn't need to hide in her small room while they watched TV in their sofa, half of which is hers

And how could he, this thirty something year old childish man
before asking, snatch and squeeze her hand for two long hours
till both hands got wet, and got himself this good girl
She didn't even have the feel for him

How could he and his mother
stuff her each a diamond ring
and expect her to be their prisoner of 4 walls, two grown invalids,
and crying kids if they are going to have any

never ending meals to cook
dishes and clothes to wash
floor to sweep
groceries to do everyday in the wet market or whatnot

Being passive is not a sin
Not being able to say no is not a crime
Being good doesnt necessary mean you have to take care of them your whole life
No matter how much they like you

How I cheered for you
When you finally decided
as he asked you to give him your life
That you still need a life of your own for a while!"

You deserve more, somebody much better
But who is going to give it to you
what you so rightfully deserve
but life has refused to grant all these years.