by Brooklyn Rossiter - aged 12
No child ever says they want to be the villain. When they’re older the heroes are written perfectly so the villain will seem colder.
It didn’t matter if they laughed like the joker or smiled like Harley before they realized they had broke her.
Or wore hearts like the queen of hearts.
Villains’ personalities are always gonna be broken glass. Another puzzle for the hero to fix, but nobody ever notices the glass pieces shine as they mix.
No child ever says they want to be the villain. When they’re older the heroes are written perfectly so the villain will seem colder.
It didn’t matter if they laughed like the joker or smiled like Harley before they realized they had broke her.
Or wore hearts like the queen of hearts.
Villains’ personalities are always gonna be broken glass. Another puzzle for the hero to fix, but nobody ever notices the glass pieces shine as they mix.
They hated Cruella for being out of her mind, but they never spoke about how they were never kind.
They were written to be evil never given moments to be the heroes.
Equal they hated Mother Gothel for trying to stay young. Hated that she grew prettier with every word that she had sung.
But people will always complain when they grow old. Never agree with Mother Gothel because she didn’t have hair of gold.
They fail to understand Maleficent beyond the curse. Never realize just how much her heart had hurt.
The villains are never loved yet always expected to love.
Lies about the villains that are so easily sold. The truth hidden that they are constantly fighting the world.
They don’t get long hair that grows or beautiful names that everyone knows.
They don’t meet their one true love. They are only ever seen as weapons used to draw blood.
They don’t show up in children’s dreams because they were written for their screams.
What nobody notices is that the villain is the hero because they kept fighting despite drowning alone in sorrow.
Not everyone grows up to be a princess. Not everyone meets their soulmate with a stare so intense.
Some people are born to be even greater even though their names were never written down in history or on paper.
They stand out and they are unique. They have voices but people hate when they speak.
These are the people who don’t smile at princesses and their dresses. Instead, they cheer and laugh at villains and their successes.
They relate to the villain because they teach them to be strong. Teach them to stand tall when the world says they’re wrong.
The villains show them peace in being slightly unhinged. Show them how to deal with minds that run faster than the wind.
Being a villain means you are worse. It means you will always be nothing more than a curse.
Heroes are given luxurious lives where villains always pay the price.
The villain isn’t supposed to be born with a heart that is left for those who look like art.
Like Shakespeare had said “hell is empty and all the devils are here.” But the villains are known as the devils so they have nothing to fear.
Villains had to find peace in the dark. Had to go crazy only to leave their mark.
People who view the world in eternal darkness walk around looking like they are heartless.
They have the biggest hearts except they have been broken in many parts.
They will forever be seen as psychotic killers, though really they are just broken villains.
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They were written to be evil never given moments to be the heroes.
Equal they hated Mother Gothel for trying to stay young. Hated that she grew prettier with every word that she had sung.
But people will always complain when they grow old. Never agree with Mother Gothel because she didn’t have hair of gold.
They fail to understand Maleficent beyond the curse. Never realize just how much her heart had hurt.
The villains are never loved yet always expected to love.
Lies about the villains that are so easily sold. The truth hidden that they are constantly fighting the world.
They don’t get long hair that grows or beautiful names that everyone knows.
They don’t meet their one true love. They are only ever seen as weapons used to draw blood.
They don’t show up in children’s dreams because they were written for their screams.
What nobody notices is that the villain is the hero because they kept fighting despite drowning alone in sorrow.
Not everyone grows up to be a princess. Not everyone meets their soulmate with a stare so intense.
Some people are born to be even greater even though their names were never written down in history or on paper.
They stand out and they are unique. They have voices but people hate when they speak.
These are the people who don’t smile at princesses and their dresses. Instead, they cheer and laugh at villains and their successes.
They relate to the villain because they teach them to be strong. Teach them to stand tall when the world says they’re wrong.
The villains show them peace in being slightly unhinged. Show them how to deal with minds that run faster than the wind.
Being a villain means you are worse. It means you will always be nothing more than a curse.
Heroes are given luxurious lives where villains always pay the price.
The villain isn’t supposed to be born with a heart that is left for those who look like art.
Like Shakespeare had said “hell is empty and all the devils are here.” But the villains are known as the devils so they have nothing to fear.
Villains had to find peace in the dark. Had to go crazy only to leave their mark.
People who view the world in eternal darkness walk around looking like they are heartless.
They have the biggest hearts except they have been broken in many parts.
They will forever be seen as psychotic killers, though really they are just broken villains.
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