DD - Anaildubh - Heart's Song

Heart's Song

she's a little younger
a little older
a little kinder
a little colder
she's everything she used to be
and yet she's not the same
she's a little weaker
a little tougher
a little softer
a little rougher
the only thing that she is not
is totally unchanged

she's still a dancer
running free and wild
but her feet have slowed
her ways have stilled
now her passion burns
in words and song
she dreams just like
a little child
but her words are quiet
a bit more mild
deep inside she screams
but not out loud

for she's learned to speak the language
of a grown-up, adult world
and she's learned to choke the cries off
that would show her to the world

but deep inside
the tears still fall
the pain won't lessen
for the call
of love still echoes
in her heart today

and how she wishes
she had known
that he would leave her
all alone
for she can't survive
much more this way

for she's broken
and she's crying
and she's desperate
and she's dying

but outside
to the world
it doesn't show...
she won't let them know...