Unicorn

She’s the girl at the party
reading Lolita in the corner 
instead of conversing the idle 
she never learned how to read books with blank pages 
She has a heart of gold 
it’s just a bit broken 
Can’t you hear it? 
It’s beating for you already
She’s looking to be soaked in safety 
not just comfort 
She thinks she may find it 
in your dry sense of humor 
She wants you to untangle her twisted mind 
She’s searching for someone to understand 
the evocation that is her soul 
that she’s a black hole 
yet a ray of sunshine
That she desperately yearns for attention 
but burns under the spotlight
Beautiful and tortured like the sea 
Don’t judge her for the too many sips she takes 
She’s just trying to forget 
the things she never deserved to know 
She’s using liquor to put out the fire in her brain 
No one ever told her that it just helps it grow
She doesn’t want to feel alone in this crowded room anymore 
She wants to run through the forest chasing butterflies 
the way she always has to feel alive
She’ll make a paintbrush out of her own hair 
if she has to 
and paint her words on the moon 
just to feel special for a minute 
something she’s never been able to prove to herself 
Because it’s hard to hear her echo 
underneath the ocean
even though you can see her reflection in the sky 
She’s the girl at the party 
reading Lolita in the corner 
Don’t be afraid 
Stars can’t shine without darkness after all 
Hurry, before her lungs fill with water 
Won’t you listen to her song? 
She will learn the chords to yours too 
Accept her because she’ll always accept you 

- Unicorn