u/Nervous_Ad6050

I’m the girl with baggage

The kind that keeps me up at night

I’m the girl who’s damaged

And not just on the inside

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I’m scared and hurt and jealous

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And kind

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A softness lives

Behind these eyes

.

My stitched up grin

Eternally bright

It ‘lights up the room’

I live in fight or flight.

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Bloodshot eyes in a darkened room

Tell myself ‘Take a tissue’—I do

But show my cries—

That’s attention-seeking too

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I wear my scars just fine

Stand tall, with pride

Every inch of pain -

I take in my stride

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I’m fierce and bold and strong

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And traumatised

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My trauma is permanent

Stuck in my bloodline

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I’m the girl with pretty eyelashes

That flutter like butterflies

I’m the girl who’s healing

And not just on the outside…

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