A Thank You Note for B******s

Thank you for what I never asked for.

This one's for the kids who thought they ruled the playground

Thank you for giving me a reason to be someone’s hero

Maybe I would have become like you if I never

Learned what really matters

This goes out to adults who said my dreams were weak

Thank you for inspiration to prove you stupid

Without that I might as well have never tried to

Find something for keeps

This one’s for whoever said life is disappointment

Thank you for appreciation for even cheap things

Have to say, narrowing down every other option

Did quite the trick to fix me

This goes out to the ones who named me ugly

Thank you for encouragement to be somebody kind

Otherwise my head would have been filled to the brim

With what messed you up inside

This one’s for who thought forever meant a while

Thank you for showing me who I really needed

Loneliness hurt more than anything but I found

Real love in the midst

This goes out to anyone I cried to sleep over

Thank you for the strength I always prayed for

A lack of which would have not lasted me long

When the wind blew through me

This one’s for you trying to destroy my faith

Thank you for reminders of where my hope is from

Would you like if I returned the favor someday?

To give back what I never asked for