Dear seven year old me,
I pray you forgive her
She destroyed your sweet soul, but I swear to God she never meant it
She was defenceless against the poison of the world dripping down her spine
Finger nails scraped at her throat, brilliant ribbons of red standing proud against her stained skin
Love escaped her body as quick as heat when chisels carved hate into her heart
Dear seven year old me,
I pray you forgive her
Bigots stripped her of her identity and sense of self, after finding any at all
Religion: spat upon, Race: laughed at, Gender: Degraded to no end
How was she to keep her head held high and reach for the stars
When every time she looked up the soles of people's shoes crushed her back into the ground
Dear seven year old me,
I pray you forgive her
Society left her shattered in no time with mere whispers of self loathing breathed down her neck
Hairs stood on end, violent fear wrapped itself around her mind, claiming its new home
Young souls were always more open, more susceptible to allow hatred's tricks and games
It ate her up from the inside out, just like it did to every other girl it laid it's cracked hands upon
Dear seven year old me,
I pray you forgive her
The girl you've grown to become
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A Collection of Poems
PoetryI'm creating a book of my poems. They're all based off my thoughts and emotions. Apologies for how shit some of these are.