Once upon an ignorant girl
She believed her life had hit its highest peak,
But she knew little, this ignorant girl
That this peak was the highest of the smallest summits
And she had already climbed mountains for the happiness she got
And it wasn't much.

Once upon a tired girl
Attempting to further her climb, but with no prevail
The higher she climbed, the further away the summit became
Though still she continued her stride up a never-ending mountain
Now with no reward except the heaviness and emptiness
That filled her life.

Once upon a hurting girl
Whose blindness was catching up to her reality,
But even still love did not let her in to see the truth behind the mask
When the blindness began to weigh like endless bricks
Bricks that coursed though her blood
Setting root deep in her veins.

Once upon a hopeful girl
That began to learn the truth behind her following
The following that left nothing pure in her life
It took her life away from others who needed it more
She was learning to learn for herself again
And think for herself again.

Once upon a bettered girl
One who has seen much more than her looks can describe
That knows all the wrongs that love had made
And can learn to love herself again.