Shatterproof

I’ve spent years replacing my bones with steel and my skin with leather
so that my blood, organs, and veins could reside safely inside a shell resistant to negative forces

I’ve placed permanent plugs in my tear ducts
and sliced the muscles that allow the corners of my mouth to droop downward

I’ve turned my body from an average land vessel
to a shatterproof life vessel

Your words are like a thousand bullets fired from an army of hate
but they are not piercing my exterior

Keep trying.

*Amber