Little Girl

My friends always tell me I get carried away

Sometimes I spit when I talk cuz I have so much to say

They don't seem to hear me but I guess it's ok

It's not their fault my minds working overtime with no pay

They always say the same things and it's starting to get old

That my head can't get sick

It can't catch a cold

I scratch and I pick

My insecurities poke

My fears, my anxiety, a voice that provokes

Take a walk, clear your head, breathe in count to ten

Cuz on the first page of life written in red

You'll never make it here if you don't learn how to bend

Don't speak unless you're spoken to, little girl

Someday you will find your place in the world

But ladies don't get dirty

Someday you'll learn to fill the empty space

With empty faith

Everyday feels like a battle and I always get hurt

I was frequently told violence was never the answer

But life doesn't abide by the rules of a child

I don't know how to fight only taught how to surrender

There's a certain kind of darkness that does a reaping

It usually takes you right before you are sleeping

Is it the crack in the door that it finds a way to creep in?

Or the crack in your brain that wants you to drop dead

I don't remember what it's like to see with clear vision

I awake every morning like the dead has arisen

I don't have to think this body of mine is a prison

You don't control me I just gotta find the light switch

But the more that I look the further I get

You're the only thing about me that needs to be fixed

Cuz on the first page of life written in fine print

Stop looking for light, live it instead

Don't speak unless you're spoken to, little girl

Someday you will find your place in the world

But ladies don't get dirty

Someday you'll learn to fill the empty space

With empty faith

My mind is a mess, but I love it nonetheless

They tell me to hush, but my words are all that's left

So on the last page of life written in gold

Don't waste it always doing what you're told