Little Girl Waiting

 Little Girl Waiting

Copyright by Dianna Renee Jackson

Somewhere deep inside is a child;

Wounded, waiting;

Waiting for the woman 

She struggled, fought, battled to become,

To peel back all the pain,

Peer behind the curtains of her failures,

Lift the blinds on her own attempts at hiding

The hurting little girl waiting, 

Waiting. 

Waiting deep inside 

for her to start

Tearing down the wall 

The wall of brick hurt

That circles round about her.

Brick on brick, brick on brick,

Hurt on hurt, ugly word on ugly word, 

Slander on slander, 

Slap on slap, abuse on abuse, 

Reject on reject, 

Brick on brick. 

There she waits the wounded hurting little girl. 

Waiting as the woman she has become

Tears down that wall, 

Lifts up those blinds,

Peers behind the curtains and 

Peels back the layers 

To set her free 

From deep inside and 

Giver her what she's longed for 

So long:

A hug from the woman 

She has become and a 

Whisper in her ear that says

"I love you as you are, and 

I will never allow someone to hurt you 

ever again!"