dandelions

Can you remember

Who you were

Before the world told you

Who you should be?

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i was too much

for you

someday

I’ll be enough

For someone

This is for everyone

Who has criticized

The body 

Of a child

Today 

An eleven-year-old girl

Is sitting in a hospital bed

Because she can’t eat a meal

Without feeling guilty

I'll push my dull heart down

Anytime you need me to

And you'll never hear me

Beg you under my breath 

Not to leave me

You looked at me

Like I'm a horrible 

Burden just now

When I lean against my grandma 

On the green couch 

She talks about things that used to be 

Does that mean 

When I’m her 

My grandkids won’t understand