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Nicole
Copyright, Nicole
I once was a girl with a heart too big
I felt too much-too many tears, too much laughter
But they took it away from me
Gave me pills to shrink my heart
They took away my laughter and my tears
Convinced me that emotion was bad
And I was to blame
So I expressed my feelings silently
With a blade or a knife or a match
Hid my emotions under my clothes
They were mine and I refused to let them go
But then they found out
They gave me pills to make me stop cutting
They threatened to take away my life if I didn't stop
So I made it easy on them
I stopped feeling-stopped cutting and crying and laughing and burning
I didn't want them to win so I didn't leave them anything to take away from me
They were satisfied and felt their job done
There was nothing left that they could give me pills for
I'm cured.