Desirae’s Reviews > The Princess Saves Herself in This One > Status Update

we’re the generation u gave participant trophies to…made wear helmets, elbow pads, & kneepads…gave censored CDs
& PG movies to…spent years overprotecting then threw to the wolves. now we’re the generation running on nothing but coffee & 3 hours of sleep… working min-wage jobs w degrees…making just enough $ to survive.
we’re the generation you didn't want to see fail then ensured we did.
- millennials.

raid your library. read everything you can get your hands on & then some.
go on, collect words
& polish them up until they shine like starlight in your palm.
make words your finest weapons— a gold-hilted sword to cut your enemies down
- a survival plan of sorts.

i am a tigress who has earned
her softer-than-velvet
stripes.
- an ode to my stretch marks.

if i ever have a
daughter, the first thing i will teach her to love will be the word
"no"
i will not
let her feel guilty for using it.
- "no" is short for "fuck off."

in winter, it's the snowflakes.
in spring, it's the raindrops.
in summer,
it's the flower petals.
in autumn, it's the leaves.
all these things will eventually fall,
but not one of them will fall as hard
as i do for you when i wake up every morning.
- all the clichés were written with us in mind.

i am so glad we were born during the same lifetime.
- i may not believe in fate, but i believe in you.

you will think your parents are
shatterproof
until one day you find out
they aren't.
- what it really means to lose your inno-cence.

the princess locked herself away in the highest tower, hoping a knight in shining armor would come to her rescue.
- i didn't realize i could be my own knight.

sticks & stones never broke
my bones,
but words made me starve myself until
you could
see all of them.

for the boy who lived.
thank you for inspiring me to be the girl who survived. you may have a lightning bolt to show for it, but my body is a lightning storm.

Love this dedication