Small Child

Just a little girl
Black eyeliner on her eyes
Dark lipstick on her mouth
Painted fingernails
She cries and the world continues
She cuts and the world stops
She falls into darkness
Taking her life with her
Such a little girl
She hardly knows what real pain is
Teenage angst they say
Some medication and some therapy
Yet there is the little girl
She cries and the world continues
She cuts and the world stops
Her clothes cover skin
She is afraid of who might see
She hides behind fake smiles
She lets people hug her
When she is feeling down
She lets her friends kiss her
When she feels nothing
She writes bad poetry
And smears her souls on paper
Just a little girl
Smeared makeup from her tears
Blood soaked stains from her cuts
What a little girl
She will never survive 
In the real world
She wishes to be
Somewhere else
Any place but here
She knows she has the good life
She knows her parents care
A place where nothing matters'
And that little girl
Can be herself fully
Just a little girl
Black eyeliner on her eyes
Dark lipstick on her mouth
Painted fingernails
She cries and the world continuesShe cuts and the world stops
She falls into darkness
Taking her life with her



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