Shade Two

They say bitterness eats your Life.
I say it gives me a breath. It lets me say thank you, bitch, next.
I'm moving along. Sure, I'll pause to look behind, why? Because I'm realizing I never should have settled. I never should have replied.
I see my past mistakes. Fuck, I'm taking my flaws with grace.
This bitterness, this anger, this regret, it's keeping me awake. It's pushing me forward to another level.
Do they see how I surround myself in this space?
This is my bitter home. This is my better home.
This is where I rise and where you hit your sorry ass face.
Yes, I'm bitter. Yes, I'm angry.
I'd rather feel that envy that let anyone else stab me.

Shade One

A life so toxic, breathing is painful.
Desires to escape replaced with those to adapt, to survive.
The skin has become leather.
Impenetrable & rich.
A luxury to some, a curse to others.
Inner screams of anguish hidden by playful makeup and sly smiles.
They can't hear them if they're laughing.
Be the clown.