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for sharp-edged women, made of thorns, points and needles:
you have been broken, beaten and abused to become who you are.
your eyes are tired from always searching, never daring to stop looking for where the next attack will come from. you sleep with one eye open.
scars are your badges, medals of honour you wear to remind yourself not that you let someone do that to you but that you survived. there is no greater challenge than this-
to live in a world of softened, loving people and to be what you have made yourself. a creature of hard edges, claws, teeth biting and words cutting like knives.
you are difficult to love, and maybe, you do not want to be loved.
it is enough to stand on your own two feet in the shelter you have created, safe in the knowledge that no one and no thing can hurt you unless you let it.
and you won’t let it.
no one comes close enough to even touch your points and if they do once, they never do again. you are wild and free and self contained all in one; you are your cage, your door, and the key to open it.
if someone looked close enough they could see brambles weaving through your hair, claws like knives instead of fingernails, razors hidden behind your throat and the iron that runs through your body instead of bone.
you are fire and ice, clawing your way from underneath the dirt and falling from the skies.
everything you have, you have had to fight for, and everything you have you deserve.
you make and remake the world in your own image, shaping your daughters to be strong, hard, guarded and full of wit- something you wish someone had done for you.
no one told you that the world would break you, your heart and bones and mind, and no one ever warned you of the dangers of pretty green-eyed girls and dark haired boys who slit their wrists in the name of love. you have lost friends and love that way, and once, almost, yourself.
and you wish someone had told you that edges are not something to be scared of, that you could stand on a precipice and not fall off. brambles guard the castle holding everything you love (and when you love, you love fiercely, the sun chasing the moon and dying to give it breath) and needles are what you sew yourself back together with.
for the women who are strong- you understand.
To all of you beautiful ladies n girl's #happyinternationalwomensday ♀️😚 (at Bhubaneswar, India)
Shine Bright. She shines so bright, she lights up the whole world ♀️❤ My MOM #happyinternationalwomensday #empoweredwomenempowerwomen #2019 #instagood #girlpower #proud #goodvibes (at Bhubaneswar, India) https://www.instagram.com/p/BuvrCgWFW1F/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=immwqy2l58y9
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Happy International Women’s day!
Sorry if this looks bad I rushed it ;w;