I know you are but what am I

1. Although you do not approve of my choices, and although I respect that, I appreciate you a) not talking about it in a rude manner and b) respecting me enough to let me make them, and not calling me [dumb bitch] over them. Good? Good.

2. I thought, when i saw you yesterday,






what did i think?
Not what happened, for certain.

As if seeing you wasn't enough of a shock.

Imagine my surprise to find that, like me, you had grown as a person.
I should have realized.
Thank you.
Thank you for giving me space yesterday.
Thank you for, if judging, keeping it to yourself.
Thank you for not condemning me, or joining as others did [dumb bitch]


3. I have a problem with that.
Peoples words.
What people say about me.
It's all very well and good to say
"Oh don't worry about it, they don't know me"
But
it's very well another thing entirely doing so.
[dumb bitch]
People's words hurt me. Way more than I show it.
That's why I'm so loud, so aggresive when it comes to these things.
I may be talked about, I may be watched and whispered about.
But I will not let it go without a fight.
Even when I walk home early
because I can't stand the idea of crying at school,
of breaking down in front of everyone.
[dumb bitch]