I've been the actress
for other's acts of desperation,
depressed and unhinged
I fit the narrative's direction.
I was the female protagonist
I assume as last resort,
I was reckless, damaged,
and easy to abort.
The antagonists were always
who everyone hates the most,
using smiles and manipulation
to draw others close.
Yet in each story
the endings were the same,
they took all they could
but refused to take the blame.
I never should have auditioned
to play a single part,
but to become my own heroine
I needed to break my own heart.
AO Poetry 