I was quiet but not blind,

I was silent and you’ll find,

That silence isn’t nice,

You start seeing things eye to eye.

Whispers echo along the walls,

A reminder to lock the doors,

Because once you realise I can hear,

You may be in fear,

Fear that your words,

Your promises,

Your lies,

Are now mine.

I can still see clear as day,

When you struck blood because it was the only way,

You deceive,

You...

My grandmother always told me,

That I should sit up straight

Maybe work on gaining weight

That my makeup of mine looked obviously fake

And my mother would be ashamed.

My mother always told me,

It’s okay to be dumb,

My looks made up for it

So I could be fun

I could flirt with boys and that was okay

As long as I made sure I never stayed out too late

Because they would wait, and that’d be my fa...