fallen little birds
don't know how to sing
can't seem to fly with their
broken wings
.
i was just a little chip in the road
to immortality and remembrance
didn't make it far, did i?
a failure hidden away until the end of time
.
forget me not
ignore the time i wasted
do not think of the one robin
with clipped wings
.
listen to the whispers
saying five not four
and remember the imposter
who loved to explore
.
recklessness and rash behavior
gets some people killed
not this birdie
never me
.
funny they say i'm useless
not even the real thing
never mind i tried my best
tried to be like the rest
.
little girl caused a gang war
trying to prove herself
little girl got tortured
thought she took her last breath
.
news flash
she survived
even with their knives in her chest
even though she'll never be good as the rest
.
that little girl is me
full of naïvety
hope and desperation
in one package
.
my name is stephanie brown.
i was robin
no matter what they say
no matter who forgets
.
the girl stripped of a title. the girl who's best would never be good enough. the girl who can't do anything right, not even die.