The Little Girl in the Leather Jacket

She wanted to be fierce
She wanted to be strong
She wanted to be loved
And almost never wrong

She wanted the world
To see her for who she was
She wanted someone to care
Not out of duty but just because

But the world didn't want her
And she just didn't see
That the world wanted her gone
Didn't want her to be

Some people tried to help
They tried and tried to care
They told the little girl
That they'd always be there

But she couldn't be fixed with words
The little girl who still felt small
She wore her leather jacket
Just to pretend she was tall

The jacket was her shield
Her last defense to the sky
It shielded her heart
It shielded her cry

And though they tried to help
They still didn't see it all
That the little girl had never felt strong
Just smaller and small.

And they couldn't help her feel big
They couldn't help her feel tall
And so one day the little girl in the leather jacket
Decided she didn't want to feel at all