Dreaming In Reverse {a collection of original poetry}

poem twenty-one || it's never okay

it's not okay
to let others berate and bully you
to accept the hateful words tossed your way
to think that the pain you're feeling
is all you'll ever get

because it's not.
you'll feel again one day.

you need to stand up
and dust yourself off.
defend what you love
yourself including.

even when you get stronger
people will continue to knock you down.

whether it be physically or mentally.
neither is okay.
neither should be allowed by you.

so after you've picked yourself up,

after you've been knocked down again,

get up.

don't ever stop getting back up.

because you are worth so much more
than the cruel words and actions
they use against you.

stay strong
keep fighting back.

and always remember.

it's never okay,

to accept abuse of any form.

you are more than worth it.