"Not Like Other Girls" // Poetry
I’m not like other girls. I’m not beautiful, Or clever, Or talented, Or ambitious, Or loyal. I don’t know how to take a compliment and I sure as hell don’t know how to give one, I don’t know how to support other girls because all I think about is myself I don’t know what friendship truly means because I don’t really trust anyone, not deep down I only know how to be alone I can’t find happiness in the simple things Like pretty flowers Or a new eyeshadow palette Or a fairy-tale house Or a sunset I only see the rain Never the rainbow I only hear the individual notes Never the symphony I am a single black tulip among a field of beautiful, colourful blossoms And it hurts It hurts a lot I used to think I didn’t feel enough Now I know the opposite is true I don’t feel enough about the real world, I don’t care enough about the people and things happening around me I’m too detached from real life It’s frightening But I feel too much when it comes to my stories, my characters, the universe insi...