When you feel lost; Hopeless; Disconnected from yourself When self-belief and ambition slips through your fingers Think of the young girl or boy you once were The innocent, impressionable child with so much promise He or she does not deserve the abuse you subject them to They do not deserve to be downtrodden and picked apart by the very one who knows them best; You
Somewhere along the way I lost that little girl I forgot her on my journey to self-destruction I abandoned the dreams she had and the motivation to bring them to life I banished her from my mind and became focused on the empty shell I was building for myself I grew absorbed with misery and self-pity I forgot to nurture that girl so that she could save me from myself So that she would remind me of what I owe her
Yet, someday she would again take the spotlight And she would revel in her revival She would strip away the years of neglected dreams and build them into a reality Just as she would destroy the empty shell I built in her absence She would reunite herself with those she loves and cease my loneliness; Hell, cease her own loneliness and abandonment of herself For she is worthy of everything she ever wanted Every far-fetched desire and optimistic goal She would remind me that I am not lost nor broken Because she was with me all along I just forgot to let her grow with me