Resilience In Three Parts Poem by Jackie Chou

i.

don't go around playing with people's feelings
just don't

ii.

you think
this hurting you do
is something new

dip your arrows in venom
and shoot at me
expect me to fall into your hands
like a wounded bird

little do you know
I had guarded myself against you
since the day we met
razors in your eyes and words
clumsily covered up with a smile

i wrap myself in layers of armor
fluffy pillows filled with cotton balls
and goose down

so shoot at me
your arrows are too late
i'm prepared for them

iii.

the sun rejuvenates my spirits every day