Broken Wings

 In the darkest lonely place 

shivering in the cold 
A young girl hid in silence, 
too beautiful to behold ~ 
Her eyes were masked in terror 
while she could only see 
The hopelessness she only knew 
and the longing to be free.
She does not see her beauty 
she only sees the pain 
And lives within the memory where 
her darkest times remain ~ 
Tears fall softly to the floor 
as the fear from deep within 
Envelop her in the silence 
of the whispers of the wind.
The slightest touch or friendly hug 
rekindles her greatest fears 
As she recoils inside herself 
where she sheds her silent tears ~ 
She hides within her loneliness 
the only way she knows 
While outside she smiles to mask the fear 
she never wants to show.
The deepest scars of her life 
inflicted with such pain 
Of the betrayal that prevents her 
from being whole again ~ 
The trust that once was broken 
can it ever be repaired? 
To free her from the darkest hours 
of her silent despair.
Her tears she sheds of the abuse 
and its painful memory 
Living locked within the walls 
crying to be free ~ 
The hope that soon she will grow 
and spread out her broken wings 
To fly above the deepest pain 
that tears from deep within.
As she puts her past behind her 
she will come to face her fears 
To rise above her brokenness 
of her wasted years ~ 
In coming out of the shadows, 
she'll no longer need to hide 
In the deepest darkest corners 
of the part of her that died.
So on her wings of freedom 
she will come to know 
That flying above her memories meant 
she needed to let go ~ 
With her painful past behind her 
and those memories from within 
To have the faith that she will rise 
upon her mounted wings.
The inner peace she hopes to find 
on the wings of love 
That fills her soul with the desires 
and all she has dreamed of ~ 
To know the beauty she beholds 
and spirit of tranquility 
For one day she will truly fly 
beyond her memories.