Handle with Care
once, there was a newborn
baby with fresh smooth skin
she had bright eyes and
a glow from within
soft on the surface
with innocence inside,
all was lost on the
first day that she lied
formerly beautiful,
she’d been broken
over and over again by people
she thought she'd trusted
a baby with indigo in her soul
and a rainbow of imagination
stuck between worlds, loss the feeling
of joy and allowed in deprecation
some scars, some bites,
some bruises
she knew she could find herself
if she that's what she chooses
to look at the whole picture
and come up with any possibility
this was her chance to redeem
herself and to be set free
healed wounds, healed tattoos,
healed heart
she looked back on where she
belonged right from the start
all of the battles in life, she has
since learned to be equipped
with her strongest angel and
weakest demon, she refuses to
resist, she refuses to give in
her mind is a weapon,
she hides bullets in her veins
her teeth cut sharp, she
grew a pair of her own fangs
what’s on her skin, she’ll never say
but if you watch closely,
you’ll see why she is this way
- Leah Rae