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Fading Smiles

November 25, 2014
By Guacamolegirl13 BRONZE, Hydro, Oklahoma
Guacamolegirl13 BRONZE, Hydro, Oklahoma
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What happened to the baby girl,
Crawling all around,
Couldn’t make it two minutes,
If she didn’t make a sound?

Why does she sit alone in class,
Her music turned up loud?
Why does she always feel alone
surrounded by a crowd?

What happened to that little girl,
With a real smile on her face,
Running through the church
In a dress covered in lace?

When will she drop that smile,
Give up her greatest lie?
Finally let down her guard,
Be honest, and just cry?

Where is the girl that couldn’t sleep
Without a kiss goodnight,
Who always begged for someone
To lift her up and hold her tight?

What happened to her that she’d shudder
At a touch so light?
What made her think she needs to hide
That she’ll never be alright?

Please help me find that girl
Who needed band-aids for a scratch.
That innocent child that was terrified
To even light a match.

Who made this monster,
With scars littering her wrists and her thighs?
Who stole the light that shone so bright
In that little girls eyes?

Why did you take that little girl
Who really knew to smile?
I’m begging you, please give her back,
Just for a little while!

Just last night that little girl
Slipped a bit too deep.
And now the “happy” girl is lost
To the eternal sleep.

So tell me now, who did this?
Who brought her to this end?
Why didn’t you help?
You claimed to be her friend.

Or perhaps, she never knew
Just who she could trust.
She did everything for you,
As she knew a true friend must.

If there’s one thing that she knew,
It’s that life is never fair.
Maybe that’s why she was all alone
As she whispered “Goodbye,” to the air.
 



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