"THERE'S A GIRL"
by Becky Hemsley 2022
by Becky Hemsley 2022
Remember the days when you couldn’t stop singing,
Dancing and dressing up, laughing and grinning?
Well that was before they mocked how you dressed
Said you would never fit in with the rest
So you stopped smiling and changed what you wore
When music plays you do not dance anymore
In case you look silly, in case you look daft
For fear it will dredge up those memories past
For fear that you’ll feel like you used to back then
Embarrassed and worthless again and again
See, you stopped singing loudly then stopped altogether
Stopped being someone that they could remember
But there’s a girl watching, she’s looking to you
Trying to figure out what she should do
Should she stop singing and swallow her voice?
Pick outfits to wear that would not be her choice?
Should she resist urges to get up and dance?
‘Cause sitting there quietly, no one will laugh
But…
Neither will she, she will not know the feeling
Of singing so loudly and dancing so freely
She won’t understand all the power she holds
To do as she chooses and not as she’s told
So warm up your voice and then strike up the band
Pick out your clothes and get ready to dance
And smile as you do so - think of that girl
She’s the one trapped inside you
So do it for her
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Becky Hemsley 2022
Beautiful digital art by Michael Turrell Artworks
‘There’s a Girl’ is from my second poetry collection here https://a.co/d/ekvTXK9
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