Ugly

I know ugly and I've seen it up close.

Ugly is what you call it when there aren't any good words left.

Ugly is what you call it when you're so exiled from your community you have to move.

Ugly is having the power to help and using it to abuse.

Ugly is the people who stand by and watch.

Ugly has probably been you, once or twice.

My safety shouldn't be a concern.

My safety should be a given.

I should be safe.

Safe.

"Safe," no modifiers.

Safe.

I have heard that we all bleed the same.

It's true, when we all bleed, it's the same blood, thick and red and metallic.

But we don't all bleed.

We all bleed red, but only some of us are bleeding.

I know ugly enough to know it's not going anywhere anytime soon.