Striving

Determination
pushes me farther
Hits me harder
and I want to scream
at the tension inside of me

I am nothing
I will never be anything
if I sit and watch…
Action
I must take action…

I sit and listen
to superficial words
Allow fake kisses
and enjoy a plastic embrace
NO!

I won't be that anymore
Different
I must be different
Not just another plaything
No longer just putty
in the hands of a careless man

Push harder, farther
Looked deeper, saw her
the person I should be

The veil of innocence lifted
I never felt delicate anyway
careless mistakes
I was innocent once
I was delicate once
I wasted it worrying.

Pushing through
breaking the cocoon
I'll be a butterfly soon
Weak at first
then my wings will warm
and I will fly.