The Biggest Lie Gabrielle Kay The biggest lie you've been told Is that the world doesn't need youThat no one needs you to understandOr needs you to be understoodThat the world doesn't need you to know everything or anything because it is completely indifferent to you and will continue spinning anywaysBecause it doesYour world wants you to stand in your feetNeeds you to stand in your feetMove in your shoesIn your bodyWith your brain and your mindIt's the way you think, interpret, and reverberate through the halls of timeIt's what colors your worldWhat brings vibrancy to your lifeThey lied to you because their innocence wasn't valuedThey lied to you because their world was built on cardboard legsThey lied to you because when they opened their eyes and saw you lyingthere, glowing, in all goldEnvy was all they could seeThey tried to steal it, they moved you and sat in your place then cursed thebrown lighting that wouldn't make them glowThey lied to you because they thought love was in the shineThey thought love was something you could sneak under your jacket andwalk out with before getting caught They thought love was a dark secret reserved only for those slick enough tosteal itWhat's not a lie is thatYou are the most beautiful thing this world has ever seenYou are the most kindYou try so hard every day in every moment with every breath and waymore than every beat of your heartYou are strongAnd you are capable of loveIn fact, you love more than anything I've ever seenThrough the murky Mississippi to the salt to the seaI've never seen love like thatI've never seen love so freeYou are goodGood enough to sit with meGood enough to say your nameYou are good enough to cryGood enough to claim your painYou deserve to have it stopYou deserve to say THIS HURTS RIGHT HERE, NOW STOPYou are worthy of reliefYou are joyYou are meant to glowYou are funnyYou never speak too muchYou have exceptional ideas and your heart's so soft it's toughYour courage is big like a lion, which just means your heartYou are allowed to rip your prey apart,Devour it, sit with your face covered in blood and still be the beautifulmajestic beast that you areWhat if we all got that word wrongWhat if beast only ever meant womanWhat if she's the boogeymanWhat if she's the crackenWhat if she's godzillaWhat if she is the beastAnd they liedAnd named her that so we would hunt her and poke her with hot iron rods And chain her with iron shacklesHoping HopingHopingThat as soon as that final ash would drop they could step into her light That the light they burned up inside of her would somehow fall onto all ofthemIt's all a lieIt's just murder and lies So leave them there, with their thoughts And KNOW Just know Know it all Listen and feel it and know Because you are right And it was all a lie You are the beast You are the beauty You are the best this world has to offer And anything EverThat ever ever ever makes you feel like you're notIs a lie

More from Gabrielle Kay ↓

• @gabriellekayartistry on Instagram
• Her book, The Trail She Left: A collection of poetry, is out now

You can listen to me read Gabrielle Kay’s poem, Different Spaces, over on Instagram @rembrandts.cure

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