As a woman
I have been told
I am so much prettier when I smile
Even if the pain behind that sparkle
In my eye has been there for awhile
As a woman
I have had my body
Stolen from me
Made to feel like a toy
To please some shallow boy
As a woman
I have had my mind
Stolen from me
Made to feel inadequate
If I don't fit the norms society dipicts 
As a woman
I feel trapped
In a world run by misogynistic men
One step forward, three steps back
Your job is to serve
Anything else we condemn
As a woman
I have had to listen
To men make decisions
On our behalf
As they sit up high on their horses
Satisfied and accomplished, they laugh
As a woman
I have seen equality snatched
From our hands
Time and time again
As a woman
I am made to feel equal
When that is not the case
We may have won the vote
But we are losing the race
As a woman
I will not give up this fight
Even if sometimes it feels hopeless
And I am filled with trite
As a woman,
I am proud to call myself a feminist
Even if some roll their eyes
Their teeth they ignorantly kiss
As a woman
I will make my voice heard
I am calling on you today
Every man, woman, boy and girl
As a woman
I will march until my feet tire
Until all women on this Earth
Have the opportunity
To do whatever they desire
As a woman
I stand together
With others just like me
Fighting for the day
We can all be free

She was beautifully broken
But beautiful none the less
She had stars in her eyes
To shine through the mess
And spoke in song
To help her along
She dreamed of far off places
And love to fill the empty spaces
She was not made for this world
So tucked away she stayed curled
And soon the spaces turned to walls
And the far off places became places she could fall
Until a boy with a golden mane
Helped her move passed all the pain
He planted flowers in the walls
And they grew and bloomed, beautiful and tall
The walls came crashing down
And with it, she was once again found
Her dreams turned to hopes
And gratitude became the language she spoke
She planted her own garden
With all the pieces of her that were broken
And it grew and grew, wild and free
Simple, strong and beautifully

I don't want to be with you
But can you do me a favour?
Can we watch the sun rise
One more time together?

His love was like a blanket
That he wrapped me in and kept me warm
But without warning
He gave the blanket away to someone new
Leaving me helpless and cold, unsure of what to do

I found my own warmth
In the rage that burned within
But was never quite able
To warm my heart again
Helpless and cold it remained
Like a homeless man caught in the rain

Until one day the fire went out
And all that rage turned into doubt
Then all that doubt turned into strength
Pushing me through to great lengths
To fight for myself once more
And out the love that was hiding began to pour

Have fun playing house
Hope the roof doesn't cave in
Don't forget insurance
Doesn't cover her heart

Into the wild
The concrete jungle
Brave face, thick skin
Or you'll never make it out again

Tried to run from it, the jungle
But like a lion and its prey
It tracked me
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Dragged me
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Tore me to pieces
Chewed me to the bone
Left my ****** corpse
Lifeless and alone

Black coffee
Half and half cream
She sips it slowly
As her head screams
It's just what she needs
To awaken her senses
The caffeine soothes
Makes her feel less defensive
She knows the day
Is about to begin
Very soon she will have to
Put on that fake grin
She's grown tired
Of having to be nice
To people she'd rather
Not look at twice
She's been searching
For the humane part of humanity
But lately all she can seem to find
Is plain old insanity
People running the race like rats
She wishes they'd all get eaten by cats
People walking around like ticking time bombs
Just waiting to blow, when anything goes wrong
People with egos so big and so wide
Who care only about themselves
It's like their souls have died
Black coffee
Half and half cream
She wishes she could
Finally wake up from this dream

Mean girls, "You can't sit with us."

Me, "I don't want to sit with you."

Constant battle
Thinking they know best
One pounds in my head
The other in my chest

I used to be afraid of cemeteries
But now it's there I feel closer to you
I miss you so much
Why'd you have to go and leave us like that
Why wouldn't you listen when we tried to help
Too stubborn for your own good
Guess that's where I get it from
Mom needed you, we needed you
God I'm angry with you
You left us too soon

My convoluted mind
Always gets me in a bind
Ties me up in knots
Seems the madness will never stop

It tells me to go left
When I should be going right
Sometimes it sees the world in vivid colour
And sometimes black & white

Sometimes I live in a fantasy
But sooner or later I'll return
And it all comes crashing down
Will I ever learn?

But the highs are so high
I'm scared to let them go
What if I never feel like that again?
I'm not sure I'm ready to know

I tried to work a nine to five
But it felt like I was living a lie
My soul craved more
I couldn't ignore
It was pounding
At my door
With viciousness
And verocity
I was vindicated
And set free
When I followed my heart
And made the first steps
Toward a new start
I was scared and confused
I had little direction but I knew
What I had to do
I dove into the dark depths
And splattered the pages
With pieces of me
I hadn't been able to see
That I kept in disguise
Because society told me to
What a pack of lies
I've always been a writer
I just hadn't found my voice
But when you're destined to write
You really don't have a choice
Cause the world only makes sense to me
When it's written in verse and poetry
I can no longer pretend I don't see
What is clearly my destiny

Life will test you
Get the best of you
Make a mess of you
Leave you with less of you

Sometimes,
I lose my breath
And I wonder if it's you
That has it captive.
Sometimes,
I lose my mind
And I wonder if it's you
That's borrowed it for awhile.
Sometimes,
I lose myself
And I wonder if it's you
That keeps her prisoner.
Sometimes,
I wonder,
If you'll ever let me go.

Five letters
One word
Two syllables
I used it
Until it
Lost all meaning
Five letters
One word
Two syllables
It's the only word
I can offer you
But I know
You don't want it
Five letters
One word
Two syllables
Maybe one day
I can put meaning
Back into the word
But not today

Along the path
Away from you
I found pieces of myself
And I taught myself
To sew
Along the path
Away from you
I found pieces of myself
And I taught myself
To grow

They planted the tree of doubt
But I nourished the tree
Let the tree grow
Blossom
Thrive
Invade
Overtake
Become me
Until one day
I grabbed the tree by the roots
And ripped it out
With all my might
And just like that
I was free

Your insecurities
Manifest in your bad habits
Like ******* and fountain pop
And sleeping with men
Who won't remember your name
Even if it meant losing a friend
But I still hope you don't choke
On all that cigarette smoke

Every story needs a bad guy
I don't mind being yours
I'm sorry I hurt you
When I slammed the doors
I was trying to keep out
The monster on the other side
He was foaming at the mouth
And I was only trying to hide
I know you think I imagined him
But I saw him plain as day
He took you from me
And I let you slip away
There is no hero in our story
No one to swoop in and save the day
I needed you to fight back
It was us you were trying to save
But you weren't ready for battle
You put up the white flag before it had begun
You thought it was all a game
You thought we were having fun
But I was looking for a warrior
Someone who could handle a sword
Every story needs a bad guy
I don't mind being yours

Green's not your colour baby
The only place it belongs
Is in your curious eyes
In nature and all its beauty
In rainbows, leaves and rolling pastures
In art, splattered richly across a canvas
In emeralds, olives, sea water and grass
This green inside you was not meant to last
Green's not your colour baby
Get it out of your soul
It's been too long since it's been in control
It's time to let go

I've always had a fascination with death
First I was afraid of it
Then I longed for it
Now I'll embrace it
Whenever it decides
To come for me
Hopefully not by my own hand
But only time can tell

Listen to your stomach growl
Your heart beat
Your soul howl
You mustn't retreat

You're hungry
You're alive
You're angry
So do something about it

She's big and she's strong
She's mostly right but sometimes wrong
She's got moves and she's got beats
She keeps the blood flowing from my head to my feet
She's pure as gold
And doesn't always do what she's told
She gives me life and works everyday
And when she stops, my life she'll take away
She's my heart
And has always been a work of art ♡

I hear them whisper
Chatter, chatter
It's driving me crazy
Madder, madder
Down I go with no
Ladder, ladder
This rabbit hole makes me
Sadder, sadder

I wish I was
As scared
Of the decent
Into madness
As I was
The decent
Into sadness
For I should
Know by now
That one
Inevitably
Leads to the other

Everyone has demons
Everyone has things they regret
Everyone has things
They'd rather soon forget

We were both broken
But I tried to fix my own cracks
And you just covered them with cheap masking tape
And sold them to someone stupid enough to buy them

Sour candy
Hard candy
Your love is a war head
Puckering my lips
Piercing my tongue
Poaching my words
Rendering me powerless to its palatable punishment
Your love is a war head
And I would devour it daily
Just to taste you

I wanted all the things
You wanted
I just didn't want them
With you

Little flower child
With a big attitude
Temper is mild
But my god she can be rude

Little flower child
With a heart of gold
She can be wild
Rarely doing what she's told

Little flower child
Impulsive and quick
She'll get you riled
With her cutthroat wit

Little flower child
With a field of dreams
She's been chasing them for a while
Downhill and upstreams

Little flower child
She won't stop
Please stay out of her way
Unless you'll help her reach the top

I drank the last drop
From my wine glass
Then watched it fill with tears
Of memories passed

I took a lighter to those tears
And watched them burn
Like the bridges I've made
And the lessons I've learned

Then I cleaned up the mess
Took a shower, dried off
Put on my favourite dress
Some mascara and lip gloss

Without a care in the world
I danced the night away
Cause the best lesson, I remind myself
Is tomorrow is a brand new day

Oh sister sister
Do you really need
A mister
To make you feel whole?
Oh sister sister
Do you really need
A mister
To make you feel complete?
Oh sister sister
Do you really need
A mister
To make you feel good?
Oh sister sister
I thought you were
So much better
I guess I was wrong.

A picnic planned for me
A moleskin notebook for you
Guess I'll throw it in the trash
Should've known it was too good to be true

Comfort in your whispering words
Should've known that's all they were
I'm always falling for the lines
When there's no chance of follow through

My hearts been broken for awhile
So it's really no suprise you see
I'll push through, mask it with a smile
Like Paul said, let it be.

Heart broken
World shaken
They came for her head
But it was already taken
By dark thoughts
And bad memories
By sadness and gloom
And shadowy stories
By anger and pain
And missed glories

- you can have my head, just leave my heart

My temperamental
T E M E R I T Y
Has driven me to
I N S A N I T Y
And it's a
M Y S T E R Y
Why I sabotage
S T A B I L I T Y
For things that drive me
C R A Z Y

I painted a pretty picture
In my mind
Of what life should be
Perfection and beauty
Reflected in each stroke
I painted a place
For me to feel safe
Content
Satisfied
Now I'm trapped
In this painting
And can't seem to escape
No matter how hard I try

We started out as daddy's little girls
And you did your best to shelter us from the world
But somewhere along the line
The world was not so kind
When we needed you most
You disappeared like a ghost
Drowning in a case of Labatt Blue
Thinking we had no clue

I've learned
That you can
Run as fast
And as far
From your past
As you want
But sooner or later
It will all come crashing down
All the secrets
You tried so hard
To hide
Will be found
And you'll be left
Exposed
Naked
Bare
With quite a mess
You can signal SOS
But there's no one left
To see the flair
But your own
Unapologetic eyes

You can beat me
But you won't defeat me
You can bruise me
But I won't lose me
You can attack me
But you won't crack me
You can tarnish my name
But I won't play your game
I won't stoop to you level
Even if you slant the bevel
In your favour
And pick me apart
Layer by layer
I'm ready to work
To fight the demons that lurk
In the darkest corners of my soul
You vindictive little troll
You can beat me
But you won't defeat me

Don't tell me you love me
Unless you're willing
To weather the seasons
To dance in the rain
Without an umbrella
And lay in the grass
While the sun shines
And pick flowers
From every garden you find
And hike through the snow
Til you find yourself
Nestled in my heart
Where I will always keep you warm
Don't tell me you love me
Unless you're willing
To weather the seasons

Green grass
And rainy skies
A subtle reflection
Of her tear stained eyes

Cracks in the pavement
Writings on the wall
It was only a matter of time
She was heading for a fall

Darling where is your spine?
Where did you lose it?
Where did you leave it behind?

Cut my skin
I'll sew it up again
With the thorns
From the roses you gave me
When you said I was yours

Break my heart
Tear it apart
And I'll stitch it back together
With broken glass
Like the broken promises
You left me with forever

Your wispy hair and brazen smile
Drove my heart and head wild
You had me in your grasp
I was yours, you were mine
If only for tonight
The sun rose, morning came
Feelings strewn across the room
Like the clothing on our bodies
We both knew wouldn't remain
I walked you to your car
Sealed our goodbye with a kiss
Thought I'd be heartbroken
But this time I knew our story was amiss

I was always too much woman for you
I would slip between your fingers
Like grains of sand
I was always too much woman for you
I would float out of your reach
Like a balloon to a child
I was always too much woman for you
I would run you down
Like a bull in a ring
I was always too much woman for you
Like a tidal wave
I swept you away
I tried to be less of a woman for you
And that was the day I lost myself

I'd rather suffer in
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Than expose my soul
And have you tell me
It will be alright
As you hold
The pillow over my face
And wish me goodnight

I walked passed a cemetery today
It reminded me of you
I shed a tear
We always feel like we have more time than we do