Can you hear me crying
In the middle of the cold night
Or are my sobs muffled
By the loss of my openness
For the one thing that still haunts me
Would the world look at me the same
If they knew what I faced
Would my peers still hug me as tight
Or would they fear that memories
Of my past would come back into view
Would I even be able to look myself in the mirror
If I were to admit to myself
What I hide when I awake
Can you hear me crying
In the middle of the night
Or are my wails muted
By the laughter from the day
When I was a lie to those who saw my face
And only true to those
Who know my heart
Can you hear me crying
In the middle of the night
For my innocence which was stolen
By a man I hardly knew
For my parents who look at me
And question why they werent there
To stop the pain that their daughter faced
For the friend that holds her arms out to me
To hold me when she sees my pain
And wonders if her arms are enough to comfort me
For the gentle spirit of an angel
That watched me tell my tale
And held my hand to soften my tears
And to muffle his own cries
To the love that holds my heart in his hands
And searches his entire being
For the strength to share with me
Can you hear me crying
In the middle of the night
Not often for myself -no-
But for the other innocent souls
That now - in this moment
Are going through the same struggle
That I did -
The women of rape
