People say I should be--
Pristine
Presentable
Profitable
Prominent
Pretty
Petite
Polite
Pleasant
Perfect
Which one?
I've tried them all, I am most of them still. I'm all of the above on my own terms and that's why I will always be--when it matters--
Stubborn.
(Haha-- you thought the whole poem was going to start with the letter "p". Nope, I'm too stubborn for that.)
I stopped standing the day that everyone else stopped standing for us
I have not put my hand over my heart in over a year because what is there to hide?
I was born here with the blonde hair and blue eyes
Her life flashes before my eyes
intertwined with his chained heart
Her smile is present even as she breathes
blood
rats surround the alley
a few more steps
1... no no no they wouldn't do this to her
My friends are not Australia but I wish they were. Because if they were, then there would be no world where I have to save them from doom scrolling thousands of perfect bodies that a 13 year old can't and shouldn't have.
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