These scars are real

Sometimes my mind is like a haunted house

The most exciting time but the hardest place to escape

And I hope I don't scare you when I say

Sometimes I feel like I'm on top of the world

And other days I feel like the world is on top of me

I wish I could open myself to you

I've seen other girls pour and pour

And I gasp at their vulnerability but I envy the freedom

The bravery it takes to speak words

Because only cowards write them.

I don't want to scare you

But this not high towers and flower crowns

I am the fire breathing dragon and I have saved myself

Over and over

I wasn't born with this strength this was man made

This was forged in the fire, pressed through the vines

And I don't want to scare you

But my life sometimes can be the scariest place to be

I don't want to lie and say this is paradise

When there are times it's a living hell

Some days the flames around and other days it's in me

And I don't want to scare you but I've seen more people leave then stay

So I'm more comfortable with goodbyes than hellos

Others more acquainted with my past and uninterested with my future

They decided who they wanted me to be, the villain.

I don't want to scare but sometimes I am.