The Girl, Unloved

This is the story of a girl Who tried too hard to be loved One day she lost her mother’s pearls And her eyes began to flood She searched and searched til no man’s land And stumbled across a boy He wiped her tears and touched her hand And she forgot about the void He loved her with his heart, though his words could never say She loved him twice as much, her feelings clear as day Though their hearts were intertwined, Her love was outshined By a girl who wore those pearls, that she found left behind This is the story of a girl Who tried to hard too be loved Yes she lost her mother’s pearls But there are greater pains of love Oh you who listens, be wary of this Of the torture of the heart The pearls I may live without My beloved, I cannot