• When i Cry
    you cannot hear me
    you turn your back
    and walk away

    When i try
    to grab your hand
    you only push me away

    When i do well
    in school like you want me to
    you say "good job"
    and walk away

    When im at school
    im pushed around
    i hear stories about you
    from the older women

    When i walk past
    they wisper about you
    they also wisper
    about me
    the say "that poor child,
    she needs a better mom"

    When i hear them
    i hold my head high
    i do not care
    their words mean nothing
    i only care about you

    When i come in
    the door closes behind
    i run to see you
    but you dont see me

    When i walk away
    i dont say
    "i hate you"
    or wonder if you love me
    i dont because i love you

    when i go home with a bad grade
    i cry
    you dont confert me
    insted you punish me

    when i go to the river bed
    only there do i cry harder
    i only want you to love me

    when im there
    a boy come
    he tells me not to cry
    but wish on a stone he gave me

    when i have the stone
    i dont cry
    i smile and move on

    when i go to the river
    the boy is no longer there
    im sad
    but i know hes stll here
    in my stone

    when i think of him
    my mothres crulty fades
    and im left with only me

    when i was 8
    i cried for my moms love
    tried to have her love me
    and i stuck up for her

    when i am 18
    i hold my stone
    wondering why i tried so hard
    wondering why my childhood was terrible

    when i hold the stone
    i wish to seee that boy again
    i wish to find and to gain
    a feeling i had long lost