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The Classiest of Ladies
I am not the classiest of ladies, with the heels of my boots clacking on the ground as I walk.
 
 I don't sit up straight, or watch what I say when I talk.
 
 When I'm excited, nervous, mad, or scared, I am not afraid to let it show.
 
 I speak my mind, and I don't care about what others don't want to know.
 
 I care for people, even if they treat me wrong, because I can see the good.
 
 Sometimes I am careless, doing things I probably never should.
 
 I cut myself to make myself feel better, to loosen the strings of life.
 
 I know I'll never be fit to be a mother, and never once will be a wife.
 
 There came a point in time where I grew tired of hiding behind closed doors.
 
 When I would get in trouble for keeping secrets, avoiding a downpour.
 
 Bullies surfaced, their words began to hurt.
 
 I was left feeling worthless, less than even dirt.
 
 With anger built up, I let this unspoken word drive me.
 
 Leaving all of this pain corrode and take ahold inside me.
 
 Until one day I got tired of living beneath my skin.
 
 Tired of the bones that carried me, exhausted from within.
 
 I found a personality that suited my every need.
 
 To be outspoken, to call out, to actually take the lead.
 
 Something made me stay quiet for all the unpleasant years at the start.
 
 I didn't like the darkness I was kept in, the way it crept in my heart.
 
 My boyfriend's brother accused me of not being classy.
 
 Say what you may, I will never be that, nor will I be trashy.
 
 I can't stand being lady-like because to me, that's too frail - it's bound to show you're weak.
 
 I am a person who won't live by society, because I am unique.
 
 I speak my mind, and so what? Don't listen if you don't want to hear.
 
 I used to keep secrets, once upon a time, and that's when I drew the end near.
 
 I am not comfortable with being quiet because it didn't fit someone else's standards - I will not be shy.
 
 And I will not change myself, just for the focus of some other guy.

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