THE GIRL WHO WAS AFRAID TO BE;
She speaks to me fondly of passions and talents,
guitars and stars,
then stops short
and apologizes for speaking at all.
All because somewhere in her life,
someone she loved broke her heart
by ignoring her beautiful words
and telling her to
shut up,
keep it down,
nobody cares.
People aren't born sad.
We make them that way.
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MILK AND COOKIES ━━ Nikita Gill
Poetry"It's okay to lose your spark. Just make sure that when you get back up, you rise as the whole damn fire." - Colette Werden Different poems from the 30-year-old London-based poet, Nikita Gill. After receiving 137 rejections from publishers, she has...
