I Felt...Your Heart

Everytime you were hurt...
By what others whispered...
I felt...your heart.
Everytime you were rejected...
By those you thought...were your friends...
I felt...your heart.
Everytime you fell asleep with tears on your cheeks...
Hoping to wake up and find...it was all just a bad dream...
I felt...your heart.
Everytime you walked into a room with your head lowered...
I felt...your heart.
Everytime you thought...maybe I'll get it right...this time...
I felt...your heart.
Everytime you pretended to not care...
Knowing...that at that moment...
Your world was crumbling...
I felt...your heart.
Everytime you found it hard to breath...
Because life had knocked the breath out of you...
I felt...your heart.
Everytime your heart was pierced by unkind words...
I felt...your heart.
Everytime you cried out for help...
For someone...anyone...to rescue you...
I felt...your heart.
Everytime you were made to endure more...
Than you thought you could physically take...
I felt...your heart.
Everytime you wished...you were good enough...
I felt...your heart.
Everytime you wished...you were prettier...
I felt...your heart.
Everytime you wished...you were smarter...
I felt...your heart.
Everytime you felt that you didn't fit in...or measure up...
I felt...your heart.
From the first time I looked in the mirror...
Through all your moments of pain...
I  felt...your heart...
Stop.

Kristy Turnage
3-30-2011