i'm sure it could be worse
i'm sure it could be worse
             i could be in tears
or as close to them as before
barely grazing depression with the back of a bloodied hand

oh, i thought they called me quiet
cowering behind the cover of a happy face
a reassuring smile
- i always was that one,
                                   waiting with a kind word and maybe a wilted dandelion

nice girls never hurt
              never anger
              never yearn for violent escape
clamping fists into ever-tightening balls of flesh
with no greater desire than to inflict this pain upon another

no, nice girls aren't allowed
when they must end your pain
there is no time for their own
tears ignored, concealed by ringlets of happy red hair,
trademark spectacles feigning insight

i'm sure it could be worse
i just don't know if i could handle it
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