“Don’t put me down with your lies
I can feel it and see it in your eyes
Don’t think i’m weak just because I care
I have a strength so deep that is rare
Don’t control me with your needs
You are always planting seeds
Seeds of doubt and ones of pity
Let me run away from the city
Every part of me I give to you
Yet manipulation is something you do
Letting the past control and destroy
Using others as if they are a toy
I have fire in my belly and so much to give
I am not prepared for this to be how I live
Day after day you like it this way
It is as if I have no say
Well now I am freeing myself from those chains
It’s time to see what bond remains
As i open up and bloom
This has never come a moment to soon
i am as a free as a bird and ready to soar
I have courage of a lion and ready to roar
I will help others who are in need
I don’t need rewarded for this deed
You can only keep me caged for so long
You can’t keep me for singing my song
I love you with all my heart
The way I’m treated means we must part
I owe it to myself to be loved and smile
Surely that’s not much to ask every once in a while
That softness you used to your advantage
Is now how i manage
That softness creates amazing change
That softness is a beautiful exchange ”
— Kim Flower