In The Inbetween

Born

In the Arizona dirt

Red caked

On my head

Little girl

Who's hair

Turned fair gold

You called me honey

My skin

Was so thin

Anything could've gotten in

You see

You see me

You see me

As a baby

That little girl

Without the troubles

Of the world

Hanging on me

That's what you see

When you look at me

You don't see

The bruises

You don't see

The scars

You don't know

About the years inbetween

Me growing up

Weak and barely breathing

Praying on busted knees

Crying for someone

Anyone

To hear me

Save me

From me

My thin skin

Had finally broken in

And I was left with scabs and bruises

I couldn't cover in time

What you don't see

Is that the old me

That sweet little girl

I'm just not her

Not anymore

I left her behind

Locked the door

My wings

Are worn down

And ripped

From many falls

And my eyes

Though dry these days

Have cried

Many tears

And I was on my own

For many lonely years

That little girl is long gone

And you were wrong

If you believed

I was always strong

That I didn't need you

I'm sorry

I can't be 

That little girl

You see

What you look at me

I'm so sorry

I left her in the dust

I'm sorry

I forgot who I was in the rust

And rain

Got lost

In my pain

I'm sorry

I turned my cheek on her

But you don't know

You can't see

What happened to me

In the inbetween