Romeo

Romeo

Look at the girl in the corner,
The one with the red lips down-turned,
And sad haunted eyes.
There’s tears glistening on her once rosy cheeks
And a broken smile lying at her feet.
Will you be her Romeo?

See the girl, in her darkened room,
Slashing her arms with a razorblade
And watching the blood fall with numb eyes.
There are remnants of a life she built,
Lying in shambles on the bed around her.
Will you be her Romeo?

Do you sense the girl behind you,
Watching you from heavy hooded eyes
Bloodshot from too much booze and drug use?
The friends she used to hang with
Are watching from a distance as she heads off to another rave.
Will you be her Romeo?

Will you notice the girl sitting on that bench in the park,
Her belly rounded out by months of pregnancy,
Her ankles swollen and her eyes rimmed in red?
Her boyfriend left her and she’s got no one,
Faced with the prospect of raising a child alone.
Will you be her Romeo?

And here’s the girl headed to jail for robbery,
Handcuffed in the back of a police car, sobbing,
While her mother shakes her head outside in the rain.
There’s nothing ahead of her but sleepless nights,
And she’s leaving so much future behind her.
Will you be her Romeo?

There’s the girl who sits alone at her lunch table,
Another loser outcast, overweight and out of place,
Eating her emotions along with her lunch.
She’s got so much potential, personality, a brain,
She’s just waiting for the right one to find her.
Will you be her Romeo?

There’s another girl who’s never just right,
Staring into the mirror but who she sees is ugly and torn,
So she goes another day without eating to try and change it.
She’s nothing but skin and bones, a little moth angel
With ribs visible beneath paper-skin.
Will you be her Romeo?

This is Everygirl. The girl you never notice, the one you walk right by,
She’s the unwanted pregnant teen adult’s eyes slide away from,
The overweight outcast wanting someone to love,
The girl who’s never skinny enough,
The girl who took the wrong path in a life of crime,
The abuser who’s messed her body up so much she can hardly walk,
The girl who takes it all out on herself,
The broken hearted.
Will you be her Romeo?