Extra lessons after school Explaining how you are not yourself Such small words used so simply Cut like knives through your chest 'She'
Paraphrasing arguments Summarizing discipline Faceless family with too much on their own plate to understand Why you don't like what's on yours 'She'
Tightness in your chest not because your binding is too small But because it isn't The name of a state has never hurt so much 'She'
You look in the mirror and grimace Shower so fast you don't have to see yourself Roll their words in your mind until you're leaning over the toilet 'She'
Humming summer days fade into early autumn nights Long days enforce what they have already told you Dress code laws repeated by tongue And hasty dressing in changing rooms Hoping they won't notice you 'She'
But you are an active volcano There are wolves in your chest and lions in your brain And they can't change you You get home and look in the mirror and sign into skype A simple word that only drops one letter Has never had so much power