She handed out second chances
like candy on Halloween
Smiled through the poison
they poured in her name
Every sharp word she swallowed,
every joke at her expense
She said "I understand" and let
the bruises remain
They called her too soft,
too quiet,
too much She answered with kindness
they never deserved Kept the door
wide open while they tracked in
the mud
Believing forgiveness was something she'd earned
She forgave them all
Every dig, every dig that cut
a little deeper She forgave them
all While they kept sharpening their
tongues on her name She forgave
them all
Until the mirror stopped showing a
girl she could claim
Now she looks right through herself
and doesn't know
who's left
They laughed when she flinched,
said "It's just how we talk"
Turned her silence into proof she
was weak
She kept making excuses for the
people who broke her
While they practiced the art of
making her feel cheap
Night after night,
the same voices in her head
Replaying the lines she once brushed
away
Until the girl who used to
fight for her light Couldn't find
a single reason to stay
She forgave them all
Every dig, every dig that cut
a little deeper She forgave them
all While they kept sharpening their
tongues on her name She forgave
them all
Until the mirror stopped showing a
girl she could claim
Now she looks right through herself
and doesn't know who's left She
thought mercy would change them Thought
love could rewrite the script But
some people only grow crueler When
you refuse to hit back Now
the weight of their words is
the only thing solid
And the girl she used to
be is just a ghost in
the glass
She forgave them all
Every dig, every dig that finally
broke her She forgave them all
While they kept taking pieces she
couldn't replace She forgave them all
Until she couldn't see her own
worth anymore Now she stares at
the stranger
who used to be
so
sure
She forgave them all
And they never stopped