Silence

You like it better when I shut up

you like it when I sit still like a silhouette behind you

so you can’t see through me

so I don’t walk against the lines drawn for me

How dare I go out and stop you

how the hell am I supposed to please you

with that mouth

with words like no coming out

Girls like me deserve to be kept hidden

swept under the rug

where you can step on them

where you can easily silence them

But don’t you realize I’m still going to be here?