The Girl I Used To Be
If you’re looking for the girl I used to be, she is gone.
Never to be seen again. She is from an easier life, a past
life. The girl you see now is the one she has become.
She has become me.
She is stronger, harder, tougher.
She is colder, angrier.
The girl I used to be is still a part of me.
I still cry. I still hurt. I still want. I still feel.
I still wish. I still hope. I still want to dream, but
as it seems, I cannot.
The girl that had dreams is gone.
She is now the girl of reality, running from the truth.
The sweet little innocent, perfect, beautiful, harmless,
Saint of a girl is gone.
I am here now. Full of fury.
Full of rage.
Harmless, but tempted.
Copyright © Brenda Glotfelty | Year Posted 2006
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