Speak Out [Completed]

Shooting Stars

My reflection is different now

Not bright and sunny

Now dark and thunderous 

But not the tragic kind of darkness

Not the type of thunder that shakes the earth 

Not the lightening that strikes little boys and girls like the cracking of a whip

This spark

This beautiful shooting star holds all of our dreams and wishes

These words sing like melodies instead of taunts

My reflection shows my shadows

My scars, my wounds, and my goals

It shows my angel and devil

My mirror presented the cracks in my foundation on a silver plater

Now all I see is beauty

The rolling hills of my hips and chest

The topaz orbs in my head which love to transition to red when the sunlight hits them just right

The lashes that swipe across my cheeks when I glare daggers into my feet in embarrassment 

My lips, the same lips that wonder between my teeth in curiosity

They like to stay there, trapped between two canines 

My charcoal locks cascade from my scalp to my breasts 

They match a perfectly plucked arched brow, raised in question

My body is no longer just skin and bones

Now it is a vessel 

Carrying my adventurous soul and curious eyes through every open doorway and unknown hall 

These legs carrying my armored heart and newly found confidence from the highest mountain 

to the lowest valley

My inner beauty out shines my outer appearance, but it does not tone it down

No it brightens the glow of my smile or accentuates my sun kisses

It turns my pronunciation of English and latin alike seem sultry and sensual

with my lisp adding a dangerous edge

Nobody can view my glowing reflection in the lake of revelation 

I have become a warning woman, because I scare the uneducated  

I am not the silent wife

I am not the servant nor slave

I have a mind that thinks thoughts that could shake the earth 

and turn ever ignorant man on his head 

I have a voice that silences that terrifying lightning, the one that whips kids

because children are too young to be fighting the worlds battles

I cannot be stopped 

So how can you tame a dangerous woman when you can't even see where she stands? 

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I love you guys

Stay beautiful, loyal, and forever understanding.

Liv SH