she fell in love
fell into a stream of promises
lost hope in the way people loved
found herself in a puddle of tears
built by those who promised nothing but love
she learned how to swim
then they invented waves
she taught herself how to ride
they still found ways to hurt her
but she must forgive
she must always forgive, for hurt people hurt people
what she didn't know was, she was hurt by only hurt people, who didn't know how to heal
so she forgave, until she couldn't do it anymore
until she couldn't do anything anymore