Credit: Smarter Every Day
Like Prince Rupart They say what doesn't kill you Will only make you strong With all that I have been through I know that they are wrong Tenacious and unyielding I ever forge ahead Few things as Impenetrable As the inside of my head They call me independent I succeed all on my own Not by choice, but by necessity It's the only thing I've known But monumental surface tension Leaves you fragile underneath Barely kept intact with friction With no outlet for release Like the infamous Prince Rupart And the drop that has his name Head on I am unstoppable Don't flinch or yeild at pain But underneath the surface There's a weakness, there's a flaw Just like the dainty tail Of Prince Rupart's famous drop A thoughtless breach of trust And the core of me I implodes The wounded child takes over It consumes as it explodes And everything I was Is only shards upon the floor You and I will never be again The way we were before Cause a wall has been erected That not even I can cross Immature form of protection Branding you a total loss It's not a choice I'm making All the chosing came before By the ones who tore me down And left me broken on the floor And I'll pick up all the pieces Just the way I always do Deep inside I know I'm broken And I can't blame that on you See, the things that almost kill you And the ones who did you wrong They only make you rigid Something rigid can't be strong Like Price Rupart's Drop Tossed without thought in its pail What makes you harder at the head Makes you weaker at the tail Hel Erling 9/25/23
