She Told of a Girl

This girl I once met

Told me her story

She said if she were to die

She’d want someone to know

She told of cages and caves

Lost in them for days

She told of wordless thoughts screaming

And not knowing her name

As her story was painted

I began to realize

Her story picked up

Just as pain stuck her eyes

I stopped her and asked if we could go back

I asked her what she loved

Loved most I this world

She stared at me stunned

Unsure what to say

Until came a smile that brightened my day

She told of a story with her brothers and her

Laughing with joy so genuinely

I laughed along too

As she saw what I’d done

I told her to think of her brothers

When she gets lost in her mind

That they’ll get her out

Out in no time

She smiled and thanked me

Stood up from her seat

As she was leaving

She turned to see me

She told of a girl

So lost in her mind, she wanted to die

Who gave up looking for the exit sign

She told me I saved that girl

Gave her back her life

I told her I did nothing but open her eyes

She walked away with something new on her face

A beautiful smile

The day’s hers to embrace

~RJ