Wallflower in the Window

[couchgrouch]

Wallflower in the WindowShe sits looking out the windowlost in thought all by herselfa sad row of Beanie Babiesbehind her on a shelfthough he broke it to her gentlyher heart was still broke in twosince then stuffed bears and mem'riesare all she's spoken toshe's a wallflower in the windowthe whole world in her sightsomehow she knows, that she'll only growif she leans into the lightbut hour after hour, she's a frail wallflowera wallflower in the windowher breath upon the windowquickly fades into the airshe fears with each day that passesher future follows it therethough seeds of hope lie within hershe wishes she could be suretime's a window to forgettingwhere a new life watches herlike a wallflower in the windowthe whole world in its sightsomehow she knows, that she'll only growif she leans into the lightbut hour after hour, she's a frail wallflowera wallflower in the windowfor now she spends her days,in a windowside vaselike a rose that once grew freesomeday she'll peer through that glass,and see morning not the pastand then she'll no longer bea wallflower in the windowthe whole world in her sightsomehow she knows, that she'll only growif she leans into the lightbut hour after hour, she's a frail wallflowera wallflower in the window(c)2004 Robert George