Lonely Girl

"You look a little bit lonely," He smiled as he turned,
And I knew that when the sun came up he would see;
The broken bridge that I set up in flames and burned,
As I stumbled toward him through the scattered debris.
"Don`t we all at some time, look just a little lonely?"
I asked in return as I looked into his turquoise eyes;
Taking my hand, he sighed heavily and looked to me:
"But nobody is as lonely as that girl painted in your eyes."
My heart started beating, as I felt myself fall so softly;
And I layed with him all night on the edge of town;
Under the stars, he told me stories of a girl so pretty;
That he wished would turn her silly frown upside down.

"If we all looked like we felt, then what would you be?"
He asked as his heart beat whispered in my ear;
"I`d be a heart, with your hand closed down over me - "
I replied as my face flushed bright pink with fear.
And in his eyes, a picture was painted of the world;
Lonely, with bright blue eyes and a shaking hand;
As he thought up the right words, the picture swirled:
Into the edge of the ocean, where we began to stand.
Smiling, he said: "Hey lonely girl, promise to be mine?"
And tears fell from my eyes as I looked to the water,
"I promise this, take my hand and everything will be fine,"
He said, as we fell off the edge of the world together.

Holding our breath, we chose the path that looked right;
And he held me up against the skyline as we fell,
The smile set in my eyes, contrasting against the fright;
And he laughed: "I have to say, you wear loneliness well - "
With little resistance, we walked together into the dark;
Hand in hand - and his heart beat solemnly against mine,
As I looked up to the watching stars and lit a spark.
And I knew as we stood together and watched our hearts align;
That days like that should last forever in our heads:
To be played over on the nights that seem to never end,
And he took me in his arms as he smiled and said:
"Hey lonely girl, I think we`re in love; so let`s not pretend."

-Jenna Elphick
August 23, 2007

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Incase the point was missed, the bridge mentioned in the first stanza would be the bridge into her heart...this is about a girl that is afraid of commitment but with the guy she is with, she overcomes it.