Girls like me
Girls like me
Can't put emotions into words
We hold on to our syllables
Until they tear up our tongues
We keep words
Written on the palms of our hands
On the inside of our eyelids
For no one to see
Girls like me are
Always too shy to speak a little louder
And project our minds
We are silent
We don't voice our opinions
Out of fear of being wrong
Girls like me
Make fists instead of wings
So we can fight instead of
Fly
Girls like me
Express thoughts in stanzas
Because sentences are never enough
Girls like me
Don't understand your feelings
Because we are always
Trying to sort out our own
We keep
Our logic locked in jars
By our bedside tables
And punch holes in the top
To let it breathe
Girls like me
Can't understand the concept of love
Because we have never been close enough
To grasp it
We chase contradictions around our heads
Count the laps
Until the number's too large to remember
Girls like me
Apologize for things that we can't control
Because it always seems to be our fault
Girls like me can't
Girls like me don't
Girls like me are
