I was, You were, I know

i was a little girl once.

i wore my hair in braids, and a flower crown on my head.

i wore pretty dresses and little white mary janes.

i sang everywhere i went.

i had a bounce in my step.

i loved the pretty flowers and finding shapes in the clouds.

i slept deeply and peacefully.

and

i met you.

you were a little boy once.

you liked to wear a little cap.

you wore wrinkled shirts and jeans with self-made rips in the knees.

you shouted everywhere you went.

you ran around.

you loved the toys in shop windows and playing in the mud.

you slept without a shirt.

and

you told me you loved me.

you showed me things, things that you said made you happy.

you taught me how to keep them a secret.

you told me i was a good girl.

i was a little girl then.

you were nineteen.

we slept.

and

i am older now.

i keep my hair cut short and a ink on my skin.

i wear baggy clothes and scuffed sneakers.

i frown everywhere i go.

i don't have a bounce in my step.

i am numb.

i don't sleep anymore.

but

i feel something now.

i feel hate.

i know what you did.

i know that when i set my mind, things happen.

i know where you live.

i know that you better watch your back.

i know what i need to do.

i know you won't hurt anybody else ever again.

i know you won't do anything ever again.

i know i will feel at peace soon.

and

i know i'll sleep when you're dead.