that girl

I am that girl
the one who was told
looks don't matter to me
instead of 
you're beautiful
the one who didn't
want flowers
because pretty things
weren't for 
ugly people
I am that girl
who beat up boys
but never kissed them
who listened to tales
of other females
and how different
I felt in my own skin
I struggled
with my confidence
maybe I didn't deserve 
to love myself
because for so long
I didn't feel it 
from anyone else
I am that girl
or at one point
I was. 
 She's gone now.

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