you claim i am unkind
swearing it by the dullness of my eyes
the sharpness of my tongue
the coldness of my hands
you swore it by the way i lunged
at anything that threatened me
anything that would protrude the barrier
i had built around myself
but where were you
when my eyes were
their bright blue hue
when my tongue wasn’t sharp
but soft and sweet
and i didn’t flinch
at the harshness of others
where were you
before the world got to me
and made me cold
where were you
when i warmed myself back up
finding everything light in the world
learning to love again
you claim i am unkind
which is fine
nobody is nice all of the time
but you only saw one moment
you didn’t see yesterday
you didn’t see tomorrow
you saw me battling the darkness
when i let the rotting, define me
where were you
when i stopped
letting the world define, me
and i began to define myself
Aug 29, 2018
Aug 29, 2018 at 10:13 AM UTC
you claim i am unkind
swearing it by the dullness of my eyes
the sharpness of my tongue
the coldness of my hands
you swore it by the way i lunged
at anything that threatened me
anything that would protrude the barrier
i had built around myself
but where were you
when my eyes were
their bright blue hue
when my tongue wasn’t sharp
but soft and sweet
and i didn’t flinch
at the harshness of others
where were you
before the world got to me
and made me cold
where were you
when i warmed myself back up
finding everything light in the world
learning to love again
you claim i am unkind
which is fine
nobody is nice all of the time
but you only saw one moment
you didn’t see yesterday
you didn’t see tomorrow
you saw me battling the darkness
when i let the rotting, define me
where were you
when i stopped
letting the world define, me
and i began to define myself
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