"I've been through worse."* She stated so blankly. "It's not that big of deal."

"He laid his hands on you. It is a big deal."

"Not compared to everything else. On my list, he's one of the kinder ones."

And it hit me, she has seen darkness that I could never understand. There will be pieces of her I'll never know, and that was heartbreaking
all on its own.

You see a girl who is...
Horribly honest
Provocative
Obnoxiously opinionated
Provoking

What you don't see
Is every man who stole my voice
Every person who made me feel small
Every encounter that belittled me
Made me believe I was nothing
That took away something that didn't belong to them
Who made me feel unsafe

I've been burned by countless people
And what you see now
Is who I've built with the ashes
So I will never apologize for who I am
Because I am fearfully and wonderfully
HER

You asked if I was scared
I said no
They asked if I was okay
I said yes

But I'm trembling
Because the feeling of your fingers on my neck
Are still burning

All I ever wanted was for someone to fight for me

You wonder how girls like me get so messed up?
Well it's because the only person who has ever fought for me
Is me
And that fight
Is the most exhausting battle I'll never escape

I push you away to see if you're like all the others
And you are
I was the fool for thinking you weren't

I was happy until I met you
And you showed me all the things I never admitted I was missing
And now I'm left just missing you
Cause timing is more of a ***** than karma ever was
And she loves to play with the hopelessly devoted