Thread by @DrJessTaylor

Reload

This broken woman
Pulled herself together
With twine made of vengeance
Pinned through feathers
Of her clipped wings

Dragged her heavy body
Picked up the pieces
When the twine broke and frayed
Carried on through gritted teeth
Muttered things you’d never say

Raised her expectations
To impossible heights
Applied them to herself
Kept the world in her sight
Took aim and didn’t miss once

Learned to glow up
Curated disguises to pass
To saunter through the corridors
Wearing her elaborate mask
But what if it slipped?

What if they saw?
What if they smelled blood?
‘They are sharks’, he told her
They would end her if they could
But she is more than they bargained for

Words like knives
Strategies like chess players
With minds that can’t decipher
Who she is under all those layers
Peel ‘em back, you’ll never find her

Further and further to fall
On a reluctant platform
Take aim and reload
Forced to transform
She used the hate to set the pace

This broken woman
Still bound together with pain
Taking shots from every angle
Back to dragging herself again
At a higher altitude