Be nice.
Be a good girl.
Go high when they go low.

Fuck that.
I am tired of being told to smile through disrespect,
to stay quiet,
to be soft so others feel strong.

That conditioning was designed to keep me in my place,
to make me easy to control.
I am not playing along anymore.

I am not your “good girl.”
So remember that
before you try to love me,
shape me,
or tame me.

Yes
I am kind.
Yes
I am thoughtful.
But push me too far
and I will become someone you do not recognize
rootless and wild
a lesson you will pray
you never have to learn twice.

Do not mistake my soft voice for weakness
Do not think patience means permission to hurt me.

You get one chance.
One slap, one lie, one betrayal
and the next time
I will not come back with open hands.
I will come back ready.

I am good most of the time.
But I can be fire too
and I am not ashamed of that.

I am done living by someone else’s idea
of a perfect, polite woman.
I will not be sweet and silent.
I will not make you comfortable
if you only care about your comfort.

At the very least
I will make you share the discomfort.
That, too, is a form of care.
Don’t they say sharing is caring?

The truth is
there are enough good girls out there
and we love them for that.
But we do not need more nice girls.

We need fucking warriors.
WE NEED FUCKING WARRIORS !
Women who say no without guilt.
Women who fight back.
Women who will not be broken
will not be used
will not be quiet.

And consider me one of them.

R-D

”Be you, the world will adjust”