Somebody 

There once was a girl who never shared. 

Everything she felt, she felt 

alone. 

All her experiences were her experiences only. 

Surrounding her were walls. 

Never once, 

did she try to break through. 

Never once 

did she reach out to others. 

She had no one to talk to. 

No one to cry on. 

No one to laugh with. 

And so she lived her life alone. 

Until one day, 

somebody, 

and it doesn't matter who, 

started banging on her walls. 

And slowly, slowly, they began to crumble. 

That somebody broke through 

into the girls heart. 

And said to the girl, 

"Talk to me," 

"laugh with me," 

"cry with me." 

So the girl did. 

She talked for a long, long time. 

And she cried, 

and laughed. 

And somebody smiled. 

The girl smiled back. 

It wasn't the ending to a sad story, 

it was the beginning to a happy one. 

                             Laura Sackton