When I look in the mirror into my eyes,
There are so many things I see,
Too much for one little girl,
I still find it so hard to believe.
I see a little girl, innocent, yet made to feel guilty,
Never knowing what true happiness means,
Left locked up inside her own heart,
Behind a wall that often goes unseen.
A little girl who's forgotten how to trust,
Been left hurt and confused over and over again,
Who lays in fear each time the door closes,
Still left with a broken heart that may never mend.
A little girl who's lost her trust but not her love,
Who's bearing someone else's unnecessary fears,
Unbelievably hurt and still paying that price,
Her broken heart is still drowning in sea of her own tears.
A little girl who's afraid of the dark,
Because it leaves her in too much fear,
A little girl who doesn't want to close her eyes,
Afraid of a voice she doesn't want to hear.
A little girl who's still on her own two feet,
Taking steady steps while her friends hold her hands,
A little girl repeatedly told that she can't,
But still believes she can.
A little girl who's going to be okay,
Though she knows the journey will be long.
A girl who's fallen down too often,
But a little girl still standing strong
Unknown "Black Boy" Hopeless
- 16 years, 10 months, 13 days ago
