Literature
Little Girl
Little girl,
You've been hurt.
Betrayed by those who should have been the most loyal,
hurt by those who should have loved you,
scarred by most everyone
you ever met.
I know the shadows in your heart,
how they obfuscate every minute
of your life.
Nightmare paths in forests of wakefulness.
Lost,
Alone,
Deep in the woods.
One day, you will learn to walk.
One day, you will learn to run.
One day,
You will be unable to move,
frozen,
stagnate,
bewildered.
You're eyes flitting frenetically,
in the headlights of your sudden life.
Girl,
It will be OK.
Take that step off of that ledge that seems so terribly,
unfathomably high.
Do the unthinkable,
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