I had to go through all of this
To make sure
An evil person
Couldn’t hurt
Anyone else
I just gotta keep reminding myself
He can’t hurt anyone else anymore
Even though he hurt me
To protect myself
I say
He never did this to a sixteen-year-old
When my birthday past
When I gained weight
He did this to a 150-pound girl
Not a 170-pound girl
He did this to a girl with long curly brown hair
And with short blonde hair
And pink hair
And blue
He didn’t do this to a sandy blonde brown short-haired girl
Who straightens her hair every morning
He didn’t do this to a girl who loves life now
He did this to a girl who wanted to **** herself every single day
Because of the pain, he had caused
But sitting in the courtroom
Him in front of me
I looked him straight in the eyes
And I wasn’t just that girl anymore
I was the girl who took him down
The powerful girl
The strong girl who refused to be scared
The one who didn’t let him intimidate me any longer
I’m the girl who got justice