fractured smiles

i live in a world

i live in a world
where bodies are judged
and hope is the bitter aftertaste
of the girls insecurities
vomiting onto
the bathroom tile

i live in a world
where happiness means weakness
and being pretty is pressures
of the harsh society
choking the girls hold
on freedom

i live in a world
where one is beneath another
and mothers or fathers or siblings
will abuse you
for their sickness that they
could not cure themselves

i live in a world
where sadness is ordinary
and lives are not valued
because of their normalcy
of falling before they had a chance
to truly fly

i live in a world
where women are tools
and men are the puppet masters
using them for their enjoyment
because the world taught them
that they are superior than kings

i live in a world
where morals are questioned
and being true to yourself is wrong
because their standards and expectations
hurt themselves more
than the ones they critique