Lollipop

3/9/21

Hey little girl, want a lollipop?

Its bubblegum flavored

Its pink

Like your cheeks after hours of crying

Now take it and sit down

Suck on this lollipop whenever you feel rejected

You see it's magic, little girl, and it'll never go away

Don't like it?

Oh well…

Hey little girl! Back again so soon?

Did the magic not work? I see…

Try this one, its blue raspberry flavored

Its blue

Like the veins in your arms that you trace with a pencil day after day

Now take it and sit down

Suck on it whenever you feel like there's no hope

Don't like it?

No one asked…

Why hello little girl

My my back again so soon?

Did the magic fade again?

Why don't you give this one a try?

Its cherry flavored

Sweet and red

Like the blood that courses down your arms

After digging your nails into your skin

Over and over again

Red like the color of your heart

The heart this cold world keeps pulling and ripping and tearing at

And what are you supposed to do?

Sit and suck on this lollipop

It's all you know how to do right?

Don't like it?

No one gives a shit!

This is a cruel world little girl

Wake up

This world will never love you

You need to grow up

Learn to be strong

Otherwise you'll get swept up in the chaos

You'll never get anywhere

Just shut up

You're not strong enough

You can't make it

I never could

I never had a chance

Ive been ripped apart

Shredded

Torn to bits

It never gets better

Better to get used to it now

Before I get hurt

At least I have my lollipops…