"books of war"

@venusbutasaboy

there was one girl, abby, who never did. she was beautiful, confident, and the only person who truly stood beside me through it all.

i remember sitting in class while a group of girls whispered and snickered behind my back, their cruelty hanging in the air so loudly i could barely breathe. i started to cry, quietly, because i couldn’t take the humiliation anymore.

abby saw it.

in front of the entire class, the teacher, everyone, she stood up and said, “if you have a problem, say it to her fucking face.”

she got kicked out of the classroom for it.

but i never forgot it.

i have no hunger for paper crowns, or borrowed authority that does not burn from within.

oh, how consequences wear heavy boots.