This poem I just wrote was partly inspired by Jacqui Ryan's current picture on her Twitter profile
WINDOWS
She sits looking out the window
Watching the world go by
Wishing she could be out there in the sun
Instead of being shut in a world of her own
But from the outside world she hides
Scared of letting people in
Of showing them
The hidden world behind her eyes
She may look happy on the outside
But it’s a mirror image
A mask to hide
How she really feels
She used to wear her heart on her sleeve
But then it got hurt
So defensively
She retreated indoors
She shut out the world outside
Hoping that one day her heart would heal
So she could also shut out
How this pain feels
Today she is able to sit at her window
And watch the world go by
But she is full of hope that
Soon she’ll be strong enough to let the world back in
© Toni Higgs 07/10/09
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