Brave Girl

She smiles, and I hate her
The world is not so great
I know that deep inside
She's crying, as I cry
And if she were normal she would break
But she's not breaking.

Stupid girl
You're ruining that pretty face
Why laugh so loud and hard?
You'll make wrinkles, though you're young
And before you're ever done
A tear or two will escape.

Girl you've got no sense
You're not normal, not at all
Why don't you ever cry?
Silly girl with all the reasons!
Your mother is watching now...
Oh. I see.

Brave girl, how do you do it
When all your world is breaking?
Smile and hold your head high
Comfort ME in MY pain
And still be silent of your burden
That I could not bear to bear.

Is it for your mother?
That you smile like the sun
You take her illness, and her pain
Her cancer, her weakness, her sorrow
And bear it all with grace
Is it for your mother?

Is it for your father?
Who looks with shattered gaze
And like any tortured soul
Mourns death before death
Who needs a light to light his way...
Is it for your father?


Brave Girl:

"Yes, it's for my mother
That I smile every day
To ease her in her pain
And bring her brief relief
And give whatever else I may
And yes it's for my father
That I laugh with such joy
To remind him once again
That there is still goodness in the world
Though all is not what is was back then
But it's for you, my dear, too
And all the others in the world
Who sometimes, can't find their smile
I offer my own to you
And sometimes, in the dark
When silence stuffs your ears
I've been there before, I know
And so I also know
That laughter is good to hear
And, because I've found
That for the wounds cut in my heart
There is no better remedy
Than to heal someone else
With all the love that I have got.
And...you could do it too
Be as brave as I
To heal someone all it takes
Is a smile as you wave goodbye."