Description: i wrote this for all of those who are suffering abuse in silence to encourage you to speak out or just to realize how truly bad your situation is. if you are getting abused, please speak to someone you trust and get the help you need.
Small Town Girl -------------------------------------------
Small town girl
Nobody knows
She covers up with baggy clothes
She's the one hiding behind a brick wall
She's the one they laugh about at the mall
If you could step into her shoes and walk for a mile
You'd know why she refuses to smile
Under her sweatshirt
Her arms riddled with bruises
The cuts on her wrist
They aren't what she chooses
If you could break through her tough outer shell
You'd see her heart, her private hell
You'd see her dreams, her hopes, her goals
You'd see her bruised and battered soul
Small town girl
Nobody knows
She suffers in silence beneath her black clothes
She goes it alone because no one is there
She cries on her own because no one will care
When she hears his car pulling up the drive
She runs to hide but he picks her out
He breaks her down, ever so slowly
Picturing her as the failure he himself has become
Her bruises grow darker
Her blood starts to pour
He leaves her there
Behind the closed door
She wishes he would stop
That he's cut himself instead
The scars he leaves her with
Makes her wish she was dead
Small town girl
Nobody knows
She cries out loud her forgotten woes
When he leaves she cries out for salvation
Hoping to God someone will hear
She knows she's alone in this cruel little world
She screams when she see's her face in the mirror
She wants to be smart
She wants to be pretty
She wants to be accepted without their pity
When people see her bruised, bloody face
She wants them to love her, not her disgrace
He's destroyed her esteem, her love he's forgotten
If only he knew the scars she has gotten
Small town girl
Nobody knows
She covers up with baggy clothes
"When she hears his car pulling up the drive She runs to hide but he picks her out He breaks her down, ever so slowly Picturing her as the failure he himself has become"
I have a problem with this stanza. Every other stanza has at least one rhyme in it. Except this one. Although this is a moving write, and beautifully written. It is just that one part that makes my eye twitch.
Submission Name: Small Town Girl
