Something Like Laughter

People say they know a girl who's lost her way, she's always

Angry. no one bothers to ask her what she hears or what she

Hopes for. the air is cold, she lives alone and tires of being

Her only provider, she can't fathom grace tonight, no not

Tonight, it's not an option.

Searching for more than mere tastes of living water, tired eyes

Tend to wander, seek the light. create in her a sense of awe

That sees your beauty, let your splendor flash with blinding

Light.

Cities slowly suffocate, what once was bright is now moth-eaten.

As young girls filter thoughts that once were fresh now worn and

Beaten. clutching pity like a prize to her side her fingers grow

Weary. "he cares so much for sparrows, won't he toss

Something out my way?"

Searching for more than mere lies disguised as dogma, tired eyes

Tend to wander, seek the light. create in her a sense of awe that

Sees your beauty, let your splendor flash with blinding light.

Standing tall all the aspen trees drink water as the rain falls

Down like laughter from the sky.