Her Long Road to Womanhood
A lyric poem about self-love and low-key a tribute to Selena Gomez
I will always be the girl who fell in love with you
It was okay for the mistakes I made back then
My God, the things I never knew
Young and ambitious, I outgrew you
A crush is always mistaken for love
But we learn when to say, "Enough"
So to you,
I will always be the girl who fell in love with you
And that's okay,
Cause I see that you grew up too
Yes, I'm okay
I found myself
And how I got here was worth the hell
I will always be the woman who me picked me over you
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Norma Jane
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