A Distant Thought

One by one they all parted,
She now stands alone.
Solitary in memories,
That long since have flown.
They call to her gently,
So she pulls back the veil,
To peek at the little girl,
Trembling, tiny, and frail.
The waif in the garden,
A song in her heart,
Who asked nothing from life,
But it's love to impart.

Walls were erected,
As the tiny heart grew cold,
The child stayed young,
As the body grew old.
Innocence peers out,
Through dimmed eyes long since grown,
Hiding the scars, left by those,
Who had scars of their own.

She ponders past loves,
The sting of dark pain,
A childhood once lived,
But never again.
Her life's mistakes,
A distant thought,
No room for regret,
Her failures for naught.

She lingers with feelings,
Loss of love, loss of kin,
Forced to relive the horror of oneness again.
Now looking to heaven, and counting the stars,
She finds freedom, and courage,
To break down the bars.
A new found solace sweeping over the sorrow,
Though beaten today,
She'll be stronger tomorrow.

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