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Spite fueled Glory
All this life I've been looked down upon in pity or fear
Scarred knuckles and skin from all the fights younger me was in
Mastered a glare sharp enough to cut when I was little
Practiced in a mirror on a little wooden stool
All this life I have seen the way people see me
The signs of poverty followed me so blatantly
Trailer trash is what you could've called me
My sisters and brothers all different dads
Drug dealers daughter and gypsy mutt flavoring
Tell me again how useless I am without a man
Oh please, tell me again how stupid I am
Tell me again how I won't graduate high school
Tell me how I shouldn't apply to college
Pull my hair and snarl in my face how I'm just a disgrace
A teenage girl; a preachers charity case
Pin me and exorcise the queer in my veins
The elevating hate and spite fueling my rise to glory
There's a sick pleasure I take in knowing I have more than they ever will in spirit alone
Sometimes the fires run low in this soul of mine
But give me something to spite and I'll become flame
There is Nothing that will stop me in this world
No matter the damage I will stand up and in anger I will succeed
Spite might be an ugly word but what a drug
Scarred knuckles and skin from all the fights younger me was in
Mastered a glare sharp enough to cut when I was little
Practiced in a mirror on a little wooden stool
All this life I have seen the way people see me
The signs of poverty followed me so blatantly
Trailer trash is what you could've called me
My sisters and brothers all different dads
Drug dealers daughter and gypsy mutt flavoring
Tell me again how useless I am without a man
Oh please, tell me again how stupid I am
Tell me again how I won't graduate high school
Tell me how I shouldn't apply to college
Pull my hair and snarl in my face how I'm just a disgrace
A teenage girl; a preachers charity case
Pin me and exorcise the queer in my veins
The elevating hate and spite fueling my rise to glory
There's a sick pleasure I take in knowing I have more than they ever will in spirit alone
Sometimes the fires run low in this soul of mine
But give me something to spite and I'll become flame
There is Nothing that will stop me in this world
No matter the damage I will stand up and in anger I will succeed
Spite might be an ugly word but what a drug
Published 31st Jan 2023
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This could have come from one of my journals, but you expressed it so much better than I could have at your age. I was in my early 50s when you were born, on the run once again, still able to breathe decently.
Big hug. I won’t say I know just how you feel, but I do suspect that much of my childhood probably rhymes with yours.
“Adventure on, for from the smallest clue/Came whatever worth we ever knew./The next to lighten all humankind/May be you,”
—John Masefield
P.S. I changed a couple of words.
Big hug. I won’t say I know just how you feel, but I do suspect that much of my childhood probably rhymes with yours.
“Adventure on, for from the smallest clue/Came whatever worth we ever knew./The next to lighten all humankind/May be you,”
—John Masefield
P.S. I changed a couple of words.
31st Jan 2023 8:25am
Sometimes I get so destressed that I'm still all kinds of mixed up about stuff that feels several life times ago. I want to let the anger go but I feel empty without it. Hoping I figure it out sooner rather than later, ya know? How to let go of it... Thank you for commenting Mr.D always an honor.
31st Jan 2023 8:30am
Sometimes I find that if I reach out to someone in need that it helps me, too. You helped me deal with my insomnia tonight which was a blessing.
31st Jan 2023 9:55am
31st Jan 2023 12:24pm
5th Feb 2023 6:57am
Sometimes the hate, or envy, or the toxicity of others fuels you to go way above and beyond anything you thought possible.
Strong write Blue.
Strong write Blue.
5th Feb 2023 3:05pm
There's a quote out there that say something along the lines of "use the bricks they throw at you to build your path to success
5th Feb 2023 3:05pm
There's a quote out there that say something along the lines of "use the bricks they throw at you to build your path to success
