you

"I stood in your/shadow,/and filled up/that giant hole you/made in them. . ."

"You appeared in a flurry /of color, /different, /crazy, /magical. /You disappeared /just as /quickly, /mysteriously, /silently. . ."

Them, Me, and You. She showed up randomly, her smile the center of attention, breaking all social standards, creating a world where we could be free. At first, they made fun of her, all of them shouting nasty things in her face, but she held. Then she met me. She transformed me, helped me become myself. Then she left. For years I held myself together, becoming what she was for them, rainbows, ribbons, glitter, bows, sparkles, stars, suns, and moons. Then she showed up. Again.

Poetry, not a true story. Loosly inspired by the book STARGIRL

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