When you wish upon a star,
when you tire of who you are,
when the things you had to keep
make you want to take a leap…

When trite phrases fail to hide
the pain, the agony of insane lives
and hearts cry out to Power unknown —
when strangers offer words of hope,
changing striving for to open heart —
when one person living truth,
mirrors hope, what life could be —
when a mind is forced to face
a world that’s larger than the rules —

When we finally face stark truth:
our futile tries can’t stop the pain,
we have no power to manage food

then truth appears, perhaps sudden,
a spectacular upheaval,
maybe slowly, awareness growing —
still, indisputable change,
a coming to believe.