If this past decade of life

Has taught me anything

It’s that having a good heart

Doesn’t matter

People will still use you

Will still abuse you

People will still put their everything

Into breaking you

And grin

As they watch you shatter

But it’s also taught me

That I don’t care

You can try to break me

Try to bring me down

But any success you have

Will only be temporary

My heart is still good

No matter what anyone does to me

You may knock me down

But don’t ever doubt that I

Will get back up stronger and

Better than ever

I still love fierce

And hard

Still believe there’s magic in this universe

My heart is resilient

Love is more beneficial

Than the burden of hate

Like the sunflower turning to face the sun

Even on the cloudiest of days

I am the phoenix

You may see me burn to ashes

In a fiery blaze

Stick around

To see me rise again

More powerful than ever