WHAT LIES HIDDEN

A bright sound surrounds the air.
As it passes through the swaying trees,
Many people turn and stare
At a young girl;
Her joy-filled laughter, her beautiful smile.
A life of perfect happiness
Is all that anyone sees.

Her face illuminated, almost glowing.
It seems nothing could've ever happened
To shatter her dreams.
Take a glimpse, though
For a moment
At what isn't showing.
Look past those radiant, sunlit beams.

An expanding dark cloud fills her heart.
Spreading throughout the depths of her soul,
Begging to be released;
While wanting to be a part of something more
Than just a world;
The theft of all innocence.

Standing alone in a room, screaming
And no one hears.
Desperate to escape this way of life;
Only to be confronted 
Yet again by unshakable doubts;
Deliberately planted over time.
Behind those beautiful eyes;
The holders of unknown elements,To reveal the greatest of our fears.

She reaches out but nothing is there.
What was once had
Is now gone.
Slipped so suddenly through her fingertips;
Falling too far beyond reach.
She could spend forever looking,
But some things 
Were never meant to be found.

She remembers a time
When she was once free.
A child running through a rainbow of flowers,
While getting lost in all the wonders
Of such an immense, blue sky.
The color of it, how it got there, and why.

We often see the smile of someone
Who appears to have nothing to hide.
Perhaps there might be

More than meets the eye.

For it doesn't take much to truly see,

So much that's hidden inside.

 

-Sheena Leigh Sherrange

 
~Sheena Leigh Sherrange