frankie’s mission

I used to walk in like the girl they expected,

pressed pleats, soft smile, heartbreak protected.

Starched little dream in a bright young frame,

believed leaving meant I’d come back the same.

The world cracked open — I kept my eyes wide,

learned grace isn’t gentle, and neither am I.

There’s a price for growing up too fast —

I paid in pieces I never got back.

And I learned to stand still in the shaking,

to smile when my bones were breaking.

But I’m still here, in rhinestones and bruises,

soft gold heart with the dents where I lose it.

Proof I lived isn’t written in shine —

it’s how I stayed when the world wasn’t kind.

I walked through fire in a backless dress,

kept my poise in the heat, didn’t settle for less.

You can call it luck or you can call it nerve —

I call it getting what I deserve.

They only clap when the glitter hits right,

they don’t see backstage at three in the night.

Mascara warpaint, tears I don’t chase,

I clean them off — keep the grace.

I don’t break — I refract into prisms,

learned forgiveness is just precision.

I don’t beg to be seen or saved —

I already crawled out of the grave.

And I learned to stay soft in the burning,

to turn heartbreak into learning.

So I’m still here, in rhinestones and bruises,

glitter-scarred heart and I still don’t lose it.

Proof I lived isn’t on some marquee —

it’s the girl in the mirror still choosing me.

I walk through fire in a backless dress,

hair pinned high, chaos neatly suppressed.

You can call it luck or you can call it nerve —

but I know exactly what I’m worth.

You thought I’d fade —

I rehearsed staying.

You bet against

what I was making.

Watch me now —

steady and bright.

A woman survives

by learning to light.

Yes, I’m still here, sequins and scars,

rebuilding myself under midnight stars.

Proof I lived isn’t power or pain —

it’s how I rise when they count me out again.

Walk through fire in a backless dress,

heart unruly, glitter-stained breath.

Call it crazy, brave, absurd —

I call it finally being her.