I once knew a girl who wore flowers in her hair
and hope in her heart
she carried herself with a smile and a straight back
and she never slouched once or told anyone she was sad
she had long brown hair and big brown eyes
and she loved the universe, and everything in it
she once told me that she wanted to grow up and do everything
she didn't say what, she just wanted to do-
she wanted to be
and I didn't know what she meant but now I do
because all I want to do is be, for her
because she didn't get to grow up
and even though she ended her life,
the girl with the flowers in her hair
did not **** herself
words did;
words uttered to hurt
and they hurt, they really hurt
but she doesn't anymore
and even though she's gone,
she's not really gone because I see her everywhere I look
I see her in the people that were good to her
I see her in the leaves that I avoid stepping on,
at my childhood home, where she visited for my birthday parties
when I pass her house
and when I go to our old school
I see her in the good in the world
she taught me lessons I needed to know
and even though she took her own life,
she taught me more about living than dying
I once knew a girl who wore flowers in her hair
and even though she's gone, she's not
Jun 25, 2013
Jun 25, 2013 at 10:29 PM UTC
I once knew a girl who wore flowers in her hair
and hope in her heart
she carried herself with a smile and a straight back
and she never slouched once or told anyone she was sad
she had long brown hair and big brown eyes
and she loved the universe, and everything in it
she once told me that she wanted to grow up and do everything
she didn't say what, she just wanted to do-
she wanted to be
and I didn't know what she meant but now I do
because all I want to do is be, for her
because she didn't get to grow up
and even though she ended her life,
the girl with the flowers in her hair
did not **** herself
words did;
words uttered to hurt
and they hurt, they really hurt
but she doesn't anymore
and even though she's gone,
she's not really gone because I see her everywhere I look
I see her in the people that were good to her
I see her in the leaves that I avoid stepping on,
at my childhood home, where she visited for my birthday parties
when I pass her house
and when I go to our old school
I see her in the good in the world
she taught me lessons I needed to know
and even though she took her own life,
she taught me more about living than dying
I once knew a girl who wore flowers in her hair
and even though she's gone, she's not
rest in peace rachel
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