Burn

Everything I say, it becomes a weapon.

Change is shamed.

Nice. Kind. Conscious.

Don't be honest.

Don't tell the truth.

Be mean. Be cruel. Be careless.

Loved. Seen. Force of nature.

Allowed.

Scapegoat wears a mask. Holds it stitched into her head. Easy.

Do not speak.

Do not pretend.

Burned. Won't shred a fragment of empathy. Fingers webbed in fallacy.

The needle weaves it games. Mouth sewn shut.

Sick? Not allowed. Fake looks better.

Toxic positivity bent at the knees. Its rainbow gullotine.

Parting words suffocated in glitter. It drowns under sunlight.

Places you've never been.

I need to walk away. I know I'll be a throwaway.

Forget about the day, you'll never see.

Forget about the way, you'll never be.