That Girl

The shy one who doesn't talk. Don't you know.

You see that girl, that one in the back

The girl who seems quiet, speech she lacks

That girl you think has no voice at all

Who barely picks up her voice at the teacher's call

You see her, those bracelets she wears

Would you ever wonder if they covered the pain she bears

And those dark clothes, she wears them so proudly

Her figure screams "emo" oh so loudly

 

What about that girl, who hides behind the mask

Who's always there to help you when you come around and ask

Who never sheds a tear, no matter the burden you spill on her

Who waits there 'til you're finished, never does it occur

That girl who never cries, or ever shows emotion

Or when she does she laughs, her permanent devotion

Always willing to help out her friend, putting them in front

No matter what they say, it's not about what she will want

 

Then you see that girl, you know she has the scars

Bruises black under her eyes, looking up to the stars

She's tired you can tell, yet she doesn't ever sleep

She's always willing to take that one extra leap

And you've seen those extra bruises, the ones that mark her arms

Ones that look ever so frightning, without charms

You wonder if she's abused, but never think to ask

So her one and only reaction is to keep up that mask

 

I know you see me now, I'm standing here covered in ink

I've wrote it out all bloody, my emotions on the brink

I'm "that girl", the one who never talks

The girl in the classroom that everybody mocks

The one whose been abused, come to school ashamed

The only ones to show, her parents have to be blamed

But since I'm "that girl", I've already shown you too much

And away from this happy place, at imagination I clutch

Author's Note

"That girl" How many have felt like this before ?