There Once Was A Girl

There once was a girl

Who’s smile lit up the world

And everyone, loved her so.

But secretly inside

Was a child who cried

And a sadness that would everyday grow.

She looked in the mirror

With eyes full of fear

As she saw, a figure of shame.

She stepped on the scale

Heart hung in despair

The thoughts, they snuffed out her flame.

A vision in her mind

Of an image divine

Hollywood pictures, flawlessly drawn.

Photos telling of girls

With blond locks and curls

Using women, like they were pawns.

They drove her to feel

That her fate would be sealed

For something, less than she dreamed.

A knock on the door

Forever more

Her life, controlled by the fiend

She let it in

Prepared to wear thin

The life, she once held dear.

Her smile quickly faded

Replaced by the jaded

Look, of pure skin and tears.

But still maintained

There was more to obtain

Her longing, for paragon.

Tears were her song.

Slowly she’s dying

And forever denying

That there’s, something wrong.

Oh someone please tell her

She deserves so much better

Than the void, deep inside.

Give back her pride.