Worth a Page

She stared at her reflection
Hoping it would change
For something deep inside her
Said she wasn’t worth a page
In the story he’s been writing
Drafting deep within his brain
For no one ever notices
A girl carved from pain
And no one ever looks up
To her hair so untamed
And the freckles on her face
Invaded when summer came
So she sits there and doubts
That anyone knew her name
How could they remember a name
Stained with shame?
She’s listened to the lies
Society’s to blame
About what really matters
In this messed up game
I’m about to tell you
The trick to this game
That no one really wants
All our faces the same
So you can stare at your reflection
Hoping it will change
Or realize you don’t want to
Spend your life in vain
I suggest we wake up
Rewrite the game
And let society
Fall with the rain
Because our lives are not a joke
We have nothing to shame
And our minds are astonishing
If we break through the chains
Because the story he was writing
Had her name on every page
It said how beautiful she’d be
If only unchained
He wanted to read her
His poem and explain
But he was too shy
To let her inside his brain

~RJ