people only see me as that girl
that fat girl just a little too black girl
always sitting in the back girl
that girl
people tell me you're weak girl
no one wants to hear you speak girl
look at me
I'm not at your feet girl
stop crying girl
it's not like you're dying girl
no one would like you for who you are
and your career definitely won't go far
not with that hair those clothes those shoes
you really need to change all of you girl
sometimes I tell myself
you know depression ain’t cute girl
and you should stop waiting
and do what you have to do girl
I mean if you're gonna end it then do it already girl
just make sure you keep your hands steady girl
you want to get it right girl
just wait til night girl
then get the knife girl
it only takes one slice girl
look at you
too weak to take your own life girl
but God told me
aren't you tired of waiting to die girl
all you have to do is try girl
I gave you life to live girl
I gave you your gift to give girl
I'm always here girl
it's okay to shed a tear girl
just don't fear girl
because you are that girl
made strong enough to carry the world on your back girl
so stand up straight girl
you will be great girl
it is your fate girl
don't worry about the past
remember who was first shall be last
so you've endured the worst girl
now it's your turn to be first girl
then God held out his hands
he said take this girl
don't waste it girl
you'll know when to use it girl
it's a miracle girl
like you, you are a miracle girl
2015
Regular
Contemporary
Spoken Word
2021
Identity
Strength & Resilience
Womanhood
End Rhyme
when a poem has lines ending with words that sound the same
Epistrophe
the repetition of a word or phrase at the end of successive clauses
Rhyme
correspondence of sound between words or the endings of words, especially when these are used at the ends of lines of poetry