girl inside


ordinary girl
  plain face
  big eyes
   scared of the unknown
  sits down
  cries

  timid girl
   in a league of her own
  can't see
what they see
  so she stays
  all alone

   lonely girl
  can't find
  happiness
   hides herself away
  doesn't know
  what she's missed

   quiet girl
  doesn't utter
a word
  they'll never listen
   better not
  to be heard

  sad girl
  doesn't have
a prayer
reaches out
  just to find
no solace there

broken girl
keeps falling
apart
wishing for someone
to mend
her wounded heart


  (c) Hollie, Feb 21, 2002


virgin me
are you ready to shimmer?


by James