Stephen Covell

Silent Eyes

Stephen Covell


The little girl had small hands 
But big eyes 
She had wheels in motion 

She fought the good fight 
One tiny blow at a time 
A battlefield laid out in cotton 

There was always skinned knees 
Troubled hair 
A question asked just to question 

If one day 
You could go back to that place 
Would you like what you've become 

As she grew up 
And times got tough 
Inside sand castles that she once made 

She built a high wall 
And kept look outs 
Determined not to fall again 

But what the guards couldn't find 
Lay behind 
A tired lonely girl's eyes 

They were still big 
But now silent 
Sure questions now weren't worth the pain 

I wish I could be there 
To see her smile again 
She's got so much to offer 

Until then, I'll look back 
And see a little girl 
Building castles made of sand 
She's beautiful as the day is long