A once little girl... laughs in delight
Stars in her eyes brighter than the night
Dreams that stretched well beyond miles
Crinkles in her nose, her innocent smile
One starry night... darker than e're before
An unwelcome touch, impossible to ignore
Her smile faded and was replaced with tears
Halls echoed with screams filled with her fear
First ignored by his mother in shame
She sat in silence while the girl screamed her name
A free hand, a blow to his knee
Would offer the seconds to run and be free
A secret hidden for months at a time
He was just a boy, but an unspeakable crime
She cried for help, "Daddy, protect me!"
But was ignored in love of his beer and whiskey
The girl grows timidly to her teens
Grasping desperately to her fairytale dreams
She searches for love in empty places
Empty pursuits that had no basis
A young woman who turns twenty-one
Enters the bar in search of some fun
She's had her share of drugs and drinking
Her hopes and dreams are simply sinking
One starry night... darker than e're before
She has a drink drugged with something more
The night goes black but soon her eyes open
A man on top of her, but her body frozen
She blacks out once more and wakes next to him
Runs to the bathroom in sheets; locks herself in
Rocking in the corner, she cries to her friend
Her friend heard it all, she was ignored again
A secret hidden for months at a time...
He was a grown man with an unspeakable crime
She asked no one for help, hopeless and alone
She locked her hurt inside to never be shown
A few years later, she falls in love deeply
A strong man he seemed, but not so discreetly
His strength was shown the first time he threw her
She loved him, so she chose not to remember
One starry night... darker than e're before
An unexpected phone call, he was there no more
She cried herself to sleep thinking life is short
Nothing prepared her for pain of this sort
She sat and reflected on her life up 'til then
Questioning how she became this weak woman
Fell in love soon after with an even weaker man
Four years later, a ring returned from her hand
The years pass, and she falls to her knees
Releasing control to a God bigger than she
She knew love and joy, a showering outpour
But continued to open a few more doors
She fell in love deeper than ever before
With a man who wrote from a northern shore
Her heart grew tender with each word she read
Dreaming for a day to feel his touch instead
One starry night... brighter than e're before
He moves across miles to love something more
Fate had its tight grasp on their hearts
As they made several promises to never part
A few months pass, his words started spewing
Reopening wounds that needed no stewing
He loved her and hated her more than anyone
But no matter their love, the trust was undone
He screamed and taunted as she crouched in the corner
She ran far away and he would then mourn her
She reached out for help, seeking healing for both
And was ignored once again by a man with the oath
One starry night... darker than e're before
She writes her life story in search of something more
The tears stream down as she feels all alone
Her love, hopes, and dreams again overthrown
Lamenting her lover she loved so deeply
Knowing their dreams would never come cheaply
Hoping in time for truth to have its glory
Ignored no more, but heard and loved gently
Psalm 91:13-15
