Young girl new in town
Ambitious parents too busy to see the pain
Trying to adjust and fit in
At night she cries
At night she draws a blade across her wrists
Does not do sports because other girls would see the scars
She does not quite fit in
Just wants to be happy
She just wants to be loved
Her parents don't understand
Grown-ups never understand
She writes down her thoughts
She wants to be a write when she is older
She writes dark poems
An outlet for her thoughts
She sets up a personal website
To share her thoughts with others
Reaching out into virtual reality
Trying to make contact
She gets good feedback on the guestbook
And a few emails with positive messages
She logs onto a gothic site
And finds a poetry forum
She can get feedback from other members
Finally make contact with others
So many emotions tied up inside her hear and mind
She posts a few messages to other members
A support network for the depressed
One of the members starts to criticise her work
She can't understand it
Everyone else is so nice
But this guy is vicious
He just wants to hurt her and humiliate her
He is older and more manipulative
The girl has reached breaking point
Tonight the blade digs deeper than normal
She is found by her mother the next morning
Her sobs last for a hundred years
She reads her daughters poems
And shows them to others
Her daughter was talented
She sends them off to a publisher
Who shows interest
And agrees to publish the poetry
Under the title of An Anguished Heart
The book sells a hundred thousand copies
The young girl is finally reaching out from beyond the grave
Her emotions now shared with others
So many lonely girls able to relate
And understand the pain
A sacrifice which is a by-product of this modern world
So many anguished hearts pleading to be heard
