The music playing
Softly in her ear
Her heart calling
Just needs you near

A little girl
Insecure and lonely
Clinging to dreams
Shattered and broken.

Bravely she faces the day
Dawn from dusk she tries
To find the point to this
Searching in vain.

There has to be something-
More?...perhaps-
Better?...maybe-
A reason for this life.

A heart so protected
Never allowed to break
Old scars are very real
The new simply too shallow.

Every day she lays
Overthinking it-
Trying for a reason
To get out of bed.

Never suicidal
Never self-harming
Not again.
Simply questioning.

Life.
Boring.
Repetitive.
Pointless.

She ponders this
As the sun fades
Laying in bed
She questions fate.

Dawn breaks
She wakes again
Wears her mask
And searches.

Answers are fleeting
Her heart is weary
Something must give
New life must begin.