someone mistreats you again & you reply the same way you always do ("oh, it's alright, i'm used to it by now.") before looking down at your shoes. it's there that i will write an invisible reminder to you: don't ever take anyone's bullshit. if they treat you as anything less than royalty, then show them exactly what a mermaid-witch-queen like yourself can accomplish.
renegade
/'re-ni-gād/
noun
1: someone who loves themselves despite the falsehoods the world spills into them.
you did all you could do.
now you must learn
what it means
for you to
live.
they will say:
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you're not talented enough.
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you don't have an original cell in your body.
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you don't measure up to the ones who came before you.
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your feelings are shallow.
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you're whiny.
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you're a hack.
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you're a whiny hack.
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none of that could have possibly happened to you.
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... but if it did, then you embellished it.
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& it's probably your fault anyhow.
& you will keep writing anyway.
"one day, you aren't going to be so worried about the things you are right now.
though it may be hard to see, everything will eventually work out for the best.
though you may feel utterly lost, you must remember that you have never been so lost that you couldn't find yourself again."
—signed, your future self
nobody
has
the right
to lure
your voice
out of
you—
not
even if
they're
a sea witch
looking
to make
a bargain.
no matter how you choose to tell your truths—a whisper, melody, scream—you are still toppling mountain ranges.
- you possess avalanches.