Bright Girl walks down the hall
Head up, eyes filled to the brim with false hope
Sunshine found in the forced smile placed gently on her face
And though she tries, the weight of her invisible burdens appear in her strides-
Shoulders slightly hunched
Feet dragging through molasses fields
Big dreams fill her small head but are forever P.O.W.s
Prisoners Of Wisdom,
Locked down by the chains of reality waiting to be set free

Bright Girl clings to the darkness which she holds close as if it were a precious picture of a family she left behind or, a memory locked into a shape of a heart around her neck
She wants to be BRIGHT BRIGHT, BRIGHT
Outshining the shadows of misery  that continue to grow like cancer in the corners of her mind

Bright Girl gets cheated, lied to and used by those who claim to love her but have abused her like a drug
She meets a misery lives company friend who tells her this isn't how her story has to end and to reach beyond the stars for something that will make her glitter, like the stars only found in her home country

Bright Girl walks down the hall,
Eyes filled to the brim with blue sadness that spills over into a pool of hope for the future