AN: I figured it was about time I wrote a downer, and this is what came out. I don't know if this is OOC, let me know if it is. Don't expect another chapter, however, because frankly, it depresses me. Please review!
Crying
Crying is weak
Crying never helps
So what can she do?
She can fight
Anything and anyone
'Cause when Jade West fights, she wins
Every time
So she fights
She screams, she swears
She never backs down
Because when she fights
She's in control
And she's not crying
Crying is weak
Crying never helps
So what can he do?
He can walk alone
Away from people
And their questions
Because when Beck Oliver is alone
There are no Inquisitions
Interrogations
About the stripes on his wrists
That turn to burns on his fingers
As soon as the questions start coming
But he can't stop
Because this pain
Is better than his pain
And when he burns
He's not crying
Crying is weak
Crying never helps
So what can she do?
She can shine
Make It Shine
Always
Every day
Laugh and smile and sing and dance
And don't show the pain
When Tori Vega laughs
And smiles
And sings
And dances
She's the golden one
The talented hero
Not weak
Not useless
So she does all that
And more
Because when she's golden
She's not crying
Crying is weak
Crying never helps
So what can he do?
He can write
Songs of joy
Songs that lift his spirits
For a while, anyway
When André Harris writes
The world listens
For a while
He plays
And he writes
And he makes sure he's not invisible
For a while
Because when he's not invisible
He's not crying
Crying is weak
Crying never helps
So what can she do?
She can love
Deeply
Passionately
Everything and everyone
Friends, family, fireflies
Singing, acting, dancing
Because when Cat Valentine loves
She sees beauty
Ignores the ugly
Pretends it doesn't exist
Pretty is so much easier to bear
And when she sees pretty
When she loves
She's not crying
Crying is weak
Crying never helps
So what can he do?
He talks
Not through his mouth
Through another's
Robbie Shapiro doesn't matter
Robbie and Rex are a team
Rex speaks
Robbie stutters
Rex shouts
Robbie mutters
Everything he could be
But can't be
Rex is
So he speaks
He knows how it looks
He doesn't care
Because when he's speaking
He's not crying
Maybe someday they'll cry
They'll let it out
All the weakness
All the pain
But until then
They'll do what they have to
Not to cry
Because dancing
Writing
Singing
Fighting
Walking alone
Loving
Hoping
All help the pain
But they all know
Crying never helps