Stares follow her
Who is that girl
Eyes of blue flame
Steel spine
She is not the docile girl they knew
There is a fire in her soul
That is just beginning to share it\'s heat
Some are warmed by it
Others feel burned
Her concern is no longer other people
She has shoved herself on the back burner
For far too long
The world isn\'t sure
If it\'s ready
But the girl has not a care
Because the world never
Waited
For her to be ready
Now did it?
She has found that spark
She may not be completely sure
Of who she is
But there are a few things she knows
One
She is worth it
Two
She is determined and kind
Three
She is hardworking and stubborn
Four
She feels everything deeply and is passionate
Five
She is strong and resilient
Six
She is smart
Seven
Has wisdom
Eight
Is very forgiving
Nine
Silly and fun
Ten
Artistic
Eleven
Optimistic
Twelve
She is done being told how
To live her life
Who to live it with
How she should act
How she should talk
This is her
If you have a problem
You can figure it out
For years
The girl held her tongue
Clamped her lips shut tight
Bottled her anger
She\'s done
She will not be dictated
She will not be belittled
Accused
Isolated
She has an army at her disposal
She roars
What do you have
What do you possibly think you can do
To hurt me
Worse than I have already hurt myself
While this skin look satin soft
While she wears her heart on her sleeve
Her words are honey doused in sugar
She was forged in fire and flame
Doused in the iciest water
Shaped with the crudest tools
So do not for one second
Think her weak
She is far from it
Instead of letting
Her trials and failures
Harden her skin
Sharpen her words
She formed a different way
Opened her heart
Softened her heart and skin
Sharpened her mind
What looks like naiveness and foolishness
Is actually something
That\'s been crafted for years
Whatever shards you want to throw her way
She\'s already seen before
So before you pretend to know her
Before you pretend to understand
Take a step back
And really look
Is she actually
Lonely
Or just growing and honing her mind
Is she actually a push over and too kind
Or loving and doing her best to prevent being someone\'s angel of death
You think she is too much
But that is because you have not seen
The things she has
Felt
Heard
Thought
The way she has
She views life through a kaleidoscope
Instead just a one view scope
So don\'t you dare tell her
She doesn\'t know
Or understand
Because she does
Probably more than you do
She knows she has a purpose here
She is going to fulfill it
If you get in her way
You\'ll be sorry
She\'s done playing nicey nice
The lion has been awakened
It is starving
It just might bite you
She knows she is more
Than people can see
More than they can comprehend
But
She understands
There is still more
For her to
Learn
Experience
So she will not act high and mighty
For she is not
True leaders
Know they are not the final word
Or the best
They accept that sometimes
They fail and are wrong
But instead of tucking tail
They shoulder on
The world does not stop because you make a bad move
She knows this
The world throws curveballs
Life keeps happening
She knows this
Her blue eyes hold wisdom and a galaxy
Only few can spot
But her main message is
Kindness is not weakness
Holding her tongue is not her saying it\'s okay
It\'s her keeping the peace
Being the bigger person
She doesn\'t understand why
People don\'t see this
That fighting fire with fire
Only results in a bigger inferno
Maybe someday they will see
She may have tried to give up once before she understood
But never again
She has too much to do
Too much to experience
She is here to stay
To
Love
Share
Help
And by heavens
You better stay out of her way