You sit high on your pedestal of metaphors and similes You say I can’t write for ****, well thanks for the ministry But, please, show me where it is stated in your right To act like you know a **** thing about me or my life You want some emotion? Fine, I’ll give it to you Like the back of his hand did to me when I was two I’ll tell you some **** that would make you hurl And cringe and binge and squeal and curl Into a ball wrapped so tight you can’t breathe Like I sat, locked in the closet when I was three Only to go to school at five then six then seven “It’ll get better, you’re only just eleven” First day of middle school, unable to spell Righteous punk in a personal hell Cuz reading and writing aren’t a part of the drive When you’re on the street just trying to survive People looking away to what they don’t want to see “Miss, could you spare some change to help me, please?” You want to get personal? I can give you truth I’ll tell you what the **** I’ve been through Drugs, lies, abuse and **** Freezing to death on streets without escape Homelessness in herds of mothers and daughters Generations of women born without fathers I hide my scars well and maybe that’s why You can’t see a **** thing behind your naked eye But you can’t take away my story or my right I’m too **** stubborn to back away from this fight You take pride and hiding in your height and your rhyme But I’ll give it to you straight, I don’t waste any time I’ve seen too much and been dealt too little To let someone like you, with all your riddles Spit in my face to break me down My body can sink and I still won’t drown Your insults do not penetrate me I’ve survived more than the lives of one, two and three Numb and ruthless after countless stabs in my back I am porcelain that falls and still does not crack So, c’mon, try and tell me you don’t think I can You’ll be forced to see just how can I am