Dark clouds rolling across the sky
Reflecting all that’s in her eye
Lightning that strikes is all her rage
That she keeps locked within a cage
But that cage is about to break
Leaving destruction in its wake
And all of her rage will flow free
But only sorrow will you see
She won’t be controlled, she won’t be contained
This life that she lives no longer restrained
She stretches her wings, though tender and sore
Slowly lifting them up off of the floor
There’s a new light shining within her eyes
The fear that once ruled here she now defies
Standing up taller with each passing day
She’s now the hunter, no longer the prey
She walks through life pretending it’s not real
Shutting down her heart so that she won’t feel
But broken pieces will try to mend
Though they will always fail in the end
For they’ve been broken a thousand times
Their jagged edges all that defines
The path of her life and what remains
A future that’s bleak and bound in chains
Dreams and hopes that once filled her head
Have been replaced by fear and dread
Though in her heart love still resides
It sits broken by the divides
Bridges have been made in the past
But none still stand and none will last
The divides widen day by day
In the maze she has lost her way
Free her now from this prison within
Release her from the pain that has been
Holding her soul and crushing her heart
Giving her hope to tear it apart
Let her find the solace she needs
That shred of hope for which she pleads
Though she’s broken and her view left jaded
There’s a light within that’s not yet faded
Give her a chance to rekindle the fire
So that upon those flames she can fly higher
As they consume the past and the pain
And within their heat melt every chain
Never again will she be taken
To a place where she is forsaken
She looks at what she’s become
At all she’s built that’s come undone
Memories still linger on
Of the days that are long gone
Of a life that she could not keep
She sees now only in her sleep
But still each day she puts on this show
How broken she is they’ll never know
She’ll smile and pretend everything’s right
But behind closed doors, tears still fall each night
Alone in a crowd she falls to her knees
This crumpled up doll that nobody sees
Her strength is gone and her will is broken
Her words fall unheard as if unspoken
As she falls prey to all the madness
Another victim of the darkness
Staring deep into those eyes
She can see her own demise
Her dreams are crashing to an end
Broken pieces that she can’t mend
The shattered pieces beneath her feet
Cut with memories that are so sweet
And though these wounds go so deep
Upon this path she will keep
For the sweetness soothes her mind
And therein peace she can find
She watches close with trepidation
The image changing – her fixation
The face before her now distorted
By the world – twisted and contorted
Games were played, now she pays the price
Walls crashing down like shards of ice
Her house of cards was nearly complete
Now they lay in piles at her feet
Will she have the strength to build again?
And how will she know where to begin?
She sits with broken wings
Her heart no longer sings
The quietest tears she will cry
As she stares longingly at the sky
All the things she will miss
As she falls from that bliss
That breeze will now just pass her by
Now that she can no longer fly
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Thoughts From A Jaded Heart 