Foes in disguise (a poem about bullying and confidence)

Foes in Disguise
by Silent Flames

They lied, saying they were friends,
But wore their masks till the bitter end.
Foes in disguise, sharp with shame,
Yet I stood by, still took the blame.

I wrote their tests, I bore their sin,
While they laughed loud, I held it in.
They told me confidence wasn’t mine—
“Not for girls,” they’d always whine.
Yet their heads were high, their voices proud,
While mine was lost beneath their cloud.

They mocked my body, my silent face,
Turned every kindness into disgrace.
Still I stayed, still I gave,
Hoping they'd change, trying to be brave.

But now I see, and now I rise,
No more truth wrapped up in lies.
My worth was never theirs to steal,
My scars are proof, but I will heal.

But still, I walk with heavy feet,
Confidence—I'm yet to meet.
I wish to bloom, to stand up tall,
To find the strength within it all.
One day, I hope to face the sun,
To love myself, not choose to run.

So here's to me, the quiet flame—
I’m not their shadow, not their shame.
My voice is mine, my shape, my soul—
A girl reborn, becoming whole.


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