Please understand
Girls aren't meant to count stars
But instead
Girls are meant to count calories
And
Loathe
Your own existence
Because unlike bones
Flesh
Doesn't break
Please understand
Girls aren't meant to take up space
But instead
Girls are meant to fear it
Like the power of your thoughts
Like the sound of your voice
Because words have tempers
And good girls don't ruffle feathers
No
Instead
They make war bonnets for their men
Please understand
Girls, we girls
Are not meant to forge our own path
When there's one already laid out
We're meant to follow
Never guide
Now fake a smile
No one likes a girl with frown lines
YOU ARE READING
Just Me And My Dignity
PoetryYou know that moment when you break and you just have so many things to say, and your pain brings out the best in you? These are those things. Honesty and raw feelings. Published and old drafts. You might have seen them somewhere.
