13LaurenD

The Monster

Take a look at the monster you created,

The sweet girl who let everyone walk all over her has faded.

You created this new version of me with a cold heart,

The one who was always hiding in there from the start.

For far too long, I believed every word you said,

All of the negativity and voices that were getting to my head.

You wanted to build me up just so you could tear me down,

And you sat back and laughed while I scrambled to pick every piece off of the ground.

You only have yourself to thank,

Because you are the reason your own boat sank.

You keep going deeper, until you are sinking in the bottom of the sea,

Because it is finally starting to catch up to you, all of the words that you threw at me.

Despite the fact that you kept trying, I was still able to float back up to the top,

Because there is nothing that you can do to me that is going to make me stop.

I know you are waiting for the day, the day that I will fail,

But you have no idea who you\'re messing with, because my winds are just setting sail.

Now the girl who cared too much, no longer cares at all,

Because there is no one to catch me, and you all just let me fall.

No matter what, I will also be able to stand once again,

I don\'t need anyone to believe in me, and I know I can no longer call you a friend.

You created the girl with the cold heart, but you created so much more,

Because I was ready to keep going, even when you continuously chose to slam the door.

With every no that I was given, I was being redirected for something greater,

And I wished I had learned sooner that you were such a traitor.

It didn\'t work out the way I wanted because there is something better for me out there,

So here is me taking my last breath, and really allowing myself to clear the air.

I don\'t want to be apart of that, truthfully, I never wanted to,

But it felt like something that I needed to do.

It was familiar, and I was afraid of the change,

Because starting a new felt so strange.

Now I see that it was not a part of my design,

And now you get to sit back and watch me shine.

I am coming for everything that they thought I could never get,

And I don\'t need to let your negativity get in my head just because I\'m not there yet.