Matter to Someone

She comes home

From a bad day at work

She gets out

Her old high school yearbook

She’s looking for some comfort

In those pictures that’s all

She realizes all those years later

She’s not in them at all.

She was the one who didn’t want her picture taken

She’s the one who hid from them every time

She’s the one who cries when she realizes

I should have mattered enough to somebody

For them to take my picture anyway.

We all have that friend

Who shies away from the spotlight

They say it’s okay

For you to shine and them to watch

They won’t force their way

To the front of the line

And they all hide

When what they want to do is fly

So grab ahold of that friend

And bring them along beside you

Don’t let them be alone with

No pictures in their book

Years down the road they’ll

Smile when they see the both of you

And they’ll know they matter after all.

They are the ones who didn’t want their picture taken

They are the one who hid from them every time

They cry when they see you beside them

That they mattered enough to somebody

For them to take their picture anyway.