There once was a girl
Born with a heart of gold,
and who didn't know how to protect it.

She grew up instead
forced to watch the world
envy it's shine and "perfection".

There once was a girl who 
kept her heart locked in a gilded cage.
It was no longer perfect.
Now tarnished, and wilted.
And hidden under lock and chain.

There once was a girl who
kept her heart locked in a rusted box.
For his heart that...

One: I enter the world weeks past my due date, already hard to sleep, unfamiliar places only make it worse.
Two: I spend most of my days only with the face of my mother; my father time zones away.
Three: To an unfamiliar place we go. My father stops cursing, because I am a parrot.
Four: School begins and I learn quick. I make friends with few, and am shunned by many.
Five: Insecurities start, as does bulling. So begins...

To the self I was at the beginning of 2016:

    This year brought us a lot of changes, some of these changes we will wish never happened, but will be unable to change. This year brought us a lot of firsts, some we will wish never happened, but some we will wish happened sooner. When did Emma* start dating Dean again? I don't remember, but I do remember that they'll be broken up by summer, and your crush on him...