Even monsters out here took advantage of raping you,
Even till this day I’m ashamed that not one human being was helping you.
Raping women doesn’t make you a human anymore,
The fact that they couldn’t control themselves makes me want to kill them even more.
I dedicated myself to this poetry and to my friend's life,
But even at the down moments it’s so much stress leaving them on the line.
While we all put up the fight,
Even “friends” have left me behind.
And I knew I didn’t mean anything to them,
I can’t believe I couldn’t see it I guess I was so blind.
But I can’t imagine your life,
And I can’t feel what you feel in your mind.
No doubt about it you’ve trapped yourself in the 4 corners of your mind.
Too afraid to come back to reality,
Because of the scars on your heart just messes up with your mentality.
You don’t want to be in pain again,
You think that once you come back out, you’ll have to pretend.
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I don’t blame you we’ve lived in a cruel reality for centuries,
Where death was nowhere near consequence for not being in the same melody.
For not being the proper ethnicity, or the proper complexion.
That’s what they think is picture perfect.
..
So you see yourself as a human with so many flaws
But aren’t we filled with flaws?
You and I are the same but different lifestyles
You stress so much about others' opinions, you change everything about you.
I can’t blame you either it’s what society has taught us,
To be slim with a perfect body is a must.
But it’s not who you are, your own beauty is your own style.
You’re perfect in your own eyes, You don’t need these people telling you all these lies.
And show the people that loving yourself can be true beauty,
Everybody looking at you crazy but what can you do?
Can’t do anything, don’t even give them a clue.
You have flaws but it makes you human,
You could even look in the mirror and step-in
In my eyes I see your difficulties, but just like how it seems..
Personality and natural beauty,
I guess it’s what everybody needs.
Everybody has lost self-confidence,
But we got to teach them make up isn’t what you need.
Walk out with your natural face and body,
You don’t need to be slim to be friends with anybody.
You shouldn’t care about what people say,
I know I don’t, because at the end their words are going to fade.
With your own teachings and my own,
We could show the world life can be tough, but you can only fix it on your own.
You fight on with your powerful soul, whether it’s far or close.
Let me just say one more thing,
Love yourself, love all.
You may have little issues and big problems.
But its life and now it’s your cue,
That by loving yourself you can find the true you
Katya Rodriguez
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