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Jul 30
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fire girl

I'm not your princess

Walking down the boiling sidewalk.
people checking me out and
in like meat to be butchered.
But I'm not your princess.

Night chasing me home,
hurrying along too fast to be seen,
just in case there are people out.
Yet I'm not your princess.

People watching me, no, just
my chest and legs, because
aparently thats all I'm worth.
I said, I'm not your princess.

Make-up in the drawer,
calling me to tempt the streets,
with red painted lips.
But I'm not your princess.

Checking myself in the mirror,
sighing at the curves and dips
so deep I could dive in
and drink up the left-overs.
I'm not your princess.

I live in a castle of stars,
I'm not your princess.
I am queen of the sky,
I'm not your princess.
I tame dragons,
(no need for rescue, thanks)
I'm not your princess.
I walk over the milky way,
I'm not your princess.
I deserve to be heard,
I'm not just a toy,
to be drooled over
and shown off.
I deserve rights,
not treated like a trophy,
a prize to be won.
I'm not your princess.

I have worth,
I'm my own princess
I don't belong to you.








 
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Posted: 07.30.19
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" to choose to write is to reject silence" - Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
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  1. doug.demaio
    Aug 06, 2019

    Great piece. I like it starts to kind of spiral--the content is really informed by the format. You can feel the anger and the contempt just in the way that the lines are broken up. It was interesting how it went from "fantastic" (all of the fairy tale and sci-fi style references) and then right into real world references again. I think it would be interesting to have them bleed into each other more.... Like if it went back and forth from "I am queen of the sky" to "I deserve to be heard" back to "I tame dragons" etc. I think that would help to create a cohesive character out of the two different types of commentary here. I thought this was a great, powerful piece either way.

    Hey! I'm Doug, former Young Writers Project Web/Instruction Coordinator. Currently using my writing skills as a digital marketer! Feel free to ask me questions about YWP, writing, or how to use writing to find a fun career!
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  1. fire girl
    Aug 13, 2019

    Wow great insight! I love how you saw all the references here, they go right over the heads of some people I show this poem to!

    " to choose to write is to reject silence" - Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

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