To Make Monsters Out of Girls

by Amanda Lovelace

this is your word-wrapped coffin. & this— this is how i will finally bury you.

maybe i didn’t know what real love was before you walked in, but what i did know is that it’s not supposed to feel like i’m waking up choking on p i e c e s of my bashed-in teeth. - right?

maybe i’m such a night owl because of all those mornings you woke up & magically decided you - no longer wanted me.

didn’t anyone ever warn you not to try to trick a girl who reads? she’s already seen everything. - don’t try to waste your time again.

now i’m the one who takes all our mistakes & sells them to strangers.

there’s no such thing as deserving abuse. - let me get “controversial” for a moment.

don’t trust anyone with a cross hanging from their neck & hate buried inside their chest. - take it from me.