Tough girl neglect

Jack Russel…
rebooting.

Everyone’s got two families.
The one you’re born into
and the one you choose.

Somewhere along the way
she became the one carrying
everything up mountains
no one sees.

Armour so heavy
built beneath the warden rules a child must never carry.
No one asked me
how I make the impossible look easy.

She’s always been the tough girl
She’ll be just fine.
Does she even need help?

One does not choose to be the strong one.

She would’ve dropped herself into that hole for them
but they didn’t show up in the final hour.
She told them it’s fine because she expected nothing less.
Staring blindly at the ceiling
wondering what’s the point of this lonely fight?

A beautiful barking
loyal little pet,
gone.
drowned in the heartbreak
of their every neglect.

But you cannot break a girl
that’s been crushed
over
and over again.

Not even a broken spine
can cancel her spirit
even if it’s now bent
it ain’t a match for her grit.

She’s been wearing survival modes
since birth.

She’s been saving her life a thousand times
while the ones who claimed her
by gaslights and birthright
were no where to be seen
when she was bleeding out internally,
a tiny catastrophe.

Me.

Wolf
Unlocked.