My sister said I didn't raise myself
And maybe, in some ways I didn't.
But she doesn't understand
Just because we had babysitters
And that people were around
Doesn't mean that they raised me.
All my life I have been taking care of the people I love.
My friends
My family
Making sure if someone got hurt,
It was me.
My sister said that she grew up fast
But I grew up faster.
If I was to be loved then I had to be old,
I had to be an adult.
I'm not saying my life was always hell.
But if it was, then my family were demons
And I was the queen.
I protected my people
From a throne made of broken dreams
And a lost childhood.
The black on my soul will not
Wash off. But I was just protecting them.
I was their savior
But they didn't know it
Jun 6, 2014
Jun 6, 2014 at 8:17 PM UTC
My sister said I didn't raise myself
And maybe, in some ways I didn't.
But she doesn't understand
Just because we had babysitters
And that people were around
Doesn't mean that they raised me.
All my life I have been taking care of the people I love.
My friends
My family
Making sure if someone got hurt,
It was me.
My sister said that she grew up fast
But I grew up faster.
If I was to be loved then I had to be old,
I had to be an adult.
I'm not saying my life was always hell.
But if it was, then my family were demons
And I was the queen.
I protected my people
From a throne made of broken dreams
And a lost childhood.
The black on my soul will not
Wash off. But I was just protecting them.
I was their savior
But they didn't know it
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