Where's Ivy?

...she came into my office only wanting to know,
"Where's Ivy?"
I didn't know what to say,
"she's on an adventure with no ETA"
"she's in LA, but not sure how long she'll stay"
"oh she's fine, she'll be back soon"
I just couldn't lie to the little girl you'd carried over the moon.
When she couldn't face her friends
and her mom didn't understand and she couldn't go to class,
I found YOU
and you two just
sat on the grass.
She'll never forget the truth you shared,
the wisdom beyond your years
and how you accepted all her fears.
YOU made it ok for her to be her, you've done that for all of us Ivy
I know this for sure.
she looked in my eyes and saw the truth...
"Ivy's hurt and I don't really know when she'll be back."
I saw her heart leap as her body went slack.
What can we do to help Ivy find her way?
she'd want us to protest, to sit in, to send letters, to blog
she'd make an impact, a loving path out of the fog
so we must gather our courage and let our collective soul sing
each individual voice made stronger by the other will bring
the answer to the question we've all known from the start
Where's Ivy?
she's here
she's here in my heart.