(therefore i am)
(billie eilish)
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i relish in satin hair ribbons,
paint my lips with cherry stains.
in the same breath i fight, succeed, surpass,
but what am i past a doll labeled with your name.
i'm a dance of knives and curtsies,
they only watch for my ballerina twirls.
i cry, my bloody teeth are aching,
but they only find ruby crusted pearls.
i'm gasping for air,
only to sing another hymn.
i'm sprouting out daggers,
silver wings to drift through the wind.
in fits of rage,
i'm flushed and merry.
bleeding out on a page,
my words are sickly sweet strawberries.
wars are waged in my mind,
i plot volleys of verse,
scheme in ballistic rhymes,
by glittering pink pen, my words do curse.
sugar coated venom.
cotton skin, barb wired veins.
i cease the mask i'm given,
no longer bound by your undermining chains.
