every mistake is a tattoo
covered by a smile she wears
her eyes are glass as she
laughs through the pain.
she hates hurting others.
she smothers herself in
loathing and hate.
her state of being is
trapped between two worlds.
colliding is her empathy
and her sympathy for
the sorrys she missed making.
sorry. sorry for existing
on a plain that hates her.
fates her to the bones that built
her, and the lies she wishes she
told. the smile she kept
so she didn't fold.
she wants to be
the perfect mold, she wants
to be sold on the way others
see her
believer her when she says
she's pure of heart.
she's starting break, make it
stop, she's screaming.
crying about the mistakes.
it takes a village to
carry her baggage.
every mistake is a scar
covered by a tattoo to
hide the pain she carries so deep.
careful she's fragile.
