I Am Her

I grew up

Before the child in me

Was ready to go.

She claws her way out

Reminding me she's there;

That I am her.

She reminds me

I'm not just looking out for me,

I'm looking out for us.

Sometimes I tell her

Watch out kid

You're getting in my way.

But kids are stubborn

And if you tell them no

They don't like to listen.

So when I tell her go

She grabs my hand

And tells me no.

I am living in our body

And she wants to know

I'm doing right by us.

She's helping me

Take care of us

And survive.

But when I tell her no

It's because I'm scared;

Kids don't understand that.

Kids like to do first

Ask later;

Feel later.

She's the same kid

That skinned her knee

To prove she's tough.

Little me is the same kid

That proved to the boys

She can do that too.

She's the kid that tells me

If she could do that

Then I already did.

When boys threw rocks at her

She chased them down

And kicked their ass.

So when boys exchange rocks for words

She tells me to chase them down;

Kick their ass.

If she can do it

Then I already did.

H.