81 - Nine Lives

She has nine lives

and a pocket full of sadness

This once she almost died

(Eight Lives)

Mistook the fear for madness

She works hard

But she's always behind

She lives large

yet she's trying to get by 

Can you see the shimmer 

just a glimmer 

of fear 

Still in her eye

Can you see the reflection 

of a girl who knows her worth 

In the confines of her mind

She has seven lives 

and heart so full 

it's breaking 

This could be the moment 

she is ripe for the taking

She smiles big 

But cries in the dark 

she stokes the flames

but seems to have lost the spark

Can you see the flicker 

of her imagination die

Can you see the indignation 

as she fights

to keep her dreams alive 

She has five lives 

and a soul so wild 

it flows out of the shadows 

into the reality that 

Nothing really matters 

Can she make it through the decades 

Through the heartbreaks 

And the rules 

through society 

and its shackles 

Can she make it back to you?

Would you want her...

if she were to?