Did she define me with the stories she told?

I remember when I was eight

Stepping over purposely outstretched legs was "living bold"

Are you more than the worst joke ever told?

When I was crying like a bitch

After a 14 year old punched me in my shit

Hatred left it's mark

Yet my friend's father saw my heart

I'm the side effect of a black man that cared

That's why I can't...