All These Stolen Rainbows

All these stolen rainbows,

Glorious as the sun,

Shining on the tear drops

That always seem to run.

All these stolen rainbows

With no place to go,

Gathered in the closet

With all these damaged hopes.

All these burning wings

From trying to fly to high

Cooling in the river

Falling from her eyes.

All these burning wings

Disappearing fast;

Like the way she used to smile,

And how she used to laugh.

All of these golden dreams

She no longer believes,

Because bitter, broken people

Convinced her they could never be.

All of these golden dreams

Melting in the sun,

Like the girl that she once was

And now she can't become.

So much that she can't change;

So much has gone wrong.

So many promised to stay;

All of them long gone.

So much that she can't change,

And she wishes she could go back;

Back to being strong,

When she took no flak.

Stolen rainbows,

And burning wings,

Replaced all her dreams

With things she couldn't change.