When will her trauma stop being an excuse?
When she bullies another?
When she calls a friend a pig?
When she spreads rumors around the school?
When will her trauma stop being an excuse?
When she loses her status on honor roll?
When her grades fall to F’s?
When she’s asked not to come back to school?
When will her trauma stop being an excuse?
When she begins slicing her skin with a razor blade?
When she swallows a bunch of pills?
When her pain is so great, she would rather die?
When will her trauma stop being an excuse?
When she fills her lungs with nicotine?
When she fills her lungs with pot?
When she fills her belly with alcohol?
When will her trauma stop being an excuse?
When she gives her body to a boy she barely knows?
When she gives her loyalty to friends she just met?
When she turns her back on those who love her?
When will her trauma stop being an excuse?
When she breaks into cars in the cover of night?
When she breaks into houses in the cover of night?
When she disappears for days under the cover of night?
When will her trauma stop being an excuse?
When she is enraged and acts out by punching a wall?
When she is enraged and acts out by punching a friend?
When she is enraged and acts out by punching her mother?
When will her trauma stop being an excuse?
When she locks herself in her room?
When she is locked away in a jail cell?
When her body is locked away in the morgue?
When will her trauma stop being an excuse, you ask.
You’re asking the wrong question.
When will you accept that her trauma is not an excuse?
