A picture I took today at a local cemetery. I thought these lyrics were perfect for it. She walks to school with the lunch she packed Nobody knows what she's holdin' back Wearin' the same dress she wore yesterday she hides the bruises with the linen and lace oh ********************** The teacher wonders but she doesn't ask It's hard to see the pain behind the mask Bearing the burden of a secret storm Sometimes she wishes she was never born ******************* Through the wind and the rain She stands hard as a stone In a world that she can't rise above But her dreams give her wings And she flies to a place where she's loved Concrete angel ********************** Somebody cries in the middle of the night The neighbors hear, but they turn out the lights A fragile soul caught in the hands of fate When morning comes it'll be too late ********************* A statue stands in a shaded place An angel girl with an upturned face A name is written on a polished rock A broken heart that the world forgot ~Martina McBride "Concrete Angel"