Anger and Tears

Too many nights she lay awake
 Fighting back the tears
 Too many years were wasted
 Living in her fears
 Her innocence was taken away
 Replaced by memories
 So many times she's wondered
 How would her life have been?
 Where were the strong arms
 To keep her safe at nights?
 What made her laughter disappear?
 When will the hurting stop and the memories fade?
 And will she find someone to wash away
 The anger and the tears?
 She prays to God to wash away
 The anger and the tears.
 She's waiting for the light to shine
 And burn the dark away
 She's hoping that the child she was
 Can live with yesterday
 She prays for the shame to end
 Though it hasn't happened yet
 She thinks that one day maybe she'll forgive but not forget.