Where Are You?

Little girl crawling, walking, running

Young and free and full of dreams

Little girl silly, sneaky, cunning

Thinking up the wildest of schemes

Little girl learning, risking, growing

Young and free and full of dreams.

Little girl dancing, leaping, bounding

Young and hesitant and full of dreams

Little girl worried, trying, striving

Hoping she's chosen for the teams

Little girl hurting, laughing, crying

Young and hesitant and full of dreams.

Little girl skating, singing, performing

Young and wild and full of dreams

Little girl shunned, dropped, rejected

Her mask is not all that it seems

Little girl living, hoping, loving

Young and wild and full of dreams.

Little girl working, serving, studying

Young but grown with fewer dreams

Little girl scared, struggling, doubting

A path for future life does gleam

Little girl caring, protecting, treasuring

Young but grown with fewer dreams.

Little girl working, serving, studying

Young but grown with broken dreams

Little girl shocked, damaged, crushed

Ghosts of memory around her teem

Little girl battered, bruised, and bleeding

Young but grown with broken dreams.

Where can I find

That little girl

Young and free and full of dreams?