*trigger warning*

cross your ankles

sit up straight

act like a lady

hurry up

wait

you look too skinny

you look too fat 

educate yourself

now stop reading that

act more like a man

pay for some bills

don’t forget to put on some frills

flirt with the men

to get where you want to go

flash a little leg

don’t act like a whore

raise up the children

teach them to behave

when your husband leaves you

smile big

cry pretty

don’t go insane

dress up like an angel

date all the men

keep a job

pay the bills 

be a good fuck

maintain zen

pop a little pill to hold it all together 

remember stay funny

sing pretty

act clever 

anything he can do 

she can do bleeding

but she hides when she cries

as she’s next to him sleeping

be a martyr

be a saint

speak no words

never faint

hold your head up

don’t feel down

run around happy

like a mad circus clown

here

take the money

she earned it for you

sacrificed everything 

that’s what girls do

at the end of the day

everyone’s leaving

she’s alone

broken down

beat up

bleeding

she wants someone to hold her

to build up her dreams

to care for her

love her 

stitch up her ripped seams

kiss her forehead now

tell her she’s strong

pull her in close 

try to help her hold on

she’s at the edge now

standing alone

bare breasts toward the wind

the sea feels like her home

the breeze in her hair

her face towards the sun

even you cannot soothe her

she’s learned to need no one

standing up straight 

standing up tall

she opens her wings

she jumps 

then she falls…

XX

@aliceeleven77