there's a rot festering in your chest
when we kissed the infection spread

No.
I will not listen to you
When you say
I am too soft.
That my will is too easily bent.
That I apologize too much.
That I am what is wrong with this world.

I am soft
Because I want to be.
You toss and turn on your hard mattress of brutality.
Me,
I use my heart as a pillow at night, to get a good night's rest.

So let me sleep and dream in peace.

standing amongst others
 in a crowded room
why now do I feel most gloom?

I stand alone in rooms full of cheer
listen closely
for the silent cries
noone can hear

Maybe we all have hearts of stone
hiding our scars and broken bones
battered and beaten,
torn to shreds
often dreaming of being dead.

Too scared to voice my thoughts aloud
im forced to hide it amongst the crowd
I drift amongst them 
an unguided drone
seeking to find a safer zone
for here I feel
so very alone

I found my greatest fault
It wasn't my laugh
It wasn't the way I stuttered when I talked
It wasn't the shape of my body
It was never any of those things

It was that I let people like you
Make me believe that I was less
Because of those things

My laugh
Is unique and beautiful

My speech pattern
Doesn't matter

My body
Is perfect for me

My greatest fault
Was letting people knock me down
Was believing the nasty things they said
Was letting people push me around
Was not realizing my beauty within


And I
I
Am stronger than that