To smile in times of greatest hardship
To laugh in the face of greatest pain
To love after so much heartbreak
Takes a strong person indeed
She was crying when he found her, though the rain hid it well. Bloody eyes met crystal blue and he saw the tears. When he reached for her shoulder she practically screamed for him not to touch her. When he silently asked her why, she didn't answer him directly.
"Look if you want, I know you can"
So he did. He looked into her eyes, searched for some clue, before delving into her mind. Given permission made it easier, what he saw did not.
To hold back the tears when they threaten to fall
To stave off a breakdown when you lose it all
Heart bearing to those around it
Darkness grows, consumes and drowns it.
"Please daddy, don't do that to mommy."
A little girl with long black hair, hands pressed against her ears and eyes shut tight, huddled in a corner. The only sounds are thuds and a woman's scream.
Live the life of an empty shell
Keep on moving so they can't tell
This was once the woman who
Was bravest, strongest, courageous you
"Please mommy, don't leave me here, I didn't meant to, I'm sorry mommy."
Crystal blue eyes leaking tears watch the retreating figure of a woman. The child realizes the woman isn't coming back for her, and collapses to the ground.
"You killed daddy, that's why mommy hates you, that's why mommy left you. You're cursed, nobody loves you, nobody ever will. You're forbidden."
Live once more through strongest pain
To leave a life void of gain
Step out in the open
Step into the sun
"Don't get close, never get near. Keep your distance; they'd only hate you anyway. You're forbidden. Never get close, don't ever get near. Forbidden."
The crystal blue eyes of the teenager are faded now, the hair is longer and the face is distant. The blurs of people move without her, she is lost and alone, refusing contact. She has isolated herself. Avoiding pain is better than facing it.
Into the sun and out of the rain
A rain of tears from a life of pain
Tears that are your own creation
Born from a curse of eternal damnation
The man with the bloody eyes understood now. She was just like him, forbidden. He respected her wish not to touch her and sat beside the woman of crystal blue eyes. She guessed they would soon get closer, so did he, but she was afraid. After all, she was cursed. Forbidden.