Misbegotten

She lost her way

It wasn’t long before she brought out the knife

She didn’t need to be her own prey

I took away her standard of life

Raised the bar a bit

I talked her out of shedding her skin

She regained her strength

That’d been worn so thin

She gained her senses

And ran from the facts

Departing this town

But leaving her tracks

Forgotten

Is one think she’ll never be

Her life not misbegotten

She changed my life in so many ways she’ll never see