Sick girl
I've always been a sick girl
First therapist at age 7
First psychiatrist at age 9
Shy girl
I've always been a shy girl
Never sticking up for myself
Becoming the target for ruthless bullies
I had no voice
Angry girl
I've always been an angry girl
I've always been full of rage and hatred
I've seen red since I was seven years old
Always violent
Always fighting
"How does a seven year old have so much anger?"
People would ask

Acne girl
I remember the taunting names those kids used to call me in elementary school
I remember coming home crying and sobbing to my mom that I didn’t want to go back
Still to this day every single time I drive past that school I start to shake
Sad girl
I've always been a little sad girl
Always crying
Feeling sorry for myself
Having no energy
Lying in bed all day
Wanting the world to stop

Healthy girl
I'm becoming a healthy girl
A girl who doesn't want to die when she looks in the mirror
A girl who is healing
My secrets are out
A girl who's thawing
A girl who is finding out for the first time in her life who she is and how much of a star she is
I shine

I'm putting these girls away soon
Putting them on their shelves and leaving them there
Hoping they will soon collect dust and be forgotten about
I’ve never seen that light at the end of the tunnel for nine years
I see it now
And I’ve never seen something so bright