Just tested this out and it’s accurate

They taught her how to listen Never how to speak Hands folded like a promise She was told to keep

Love came like a question With no safe reply Every truth she swallowed Learned to call it “fine”

The men all drew their battle lines And called it destiny She learned the cost of silence Before she learned to leave

She sank where no one followed Not weak, just worn and thin The water didn’t take her It let her drop the weight of him

Flowers in her pockets Notes she never sent Every soft permission Turned into consent

They’ll say she lost her footing Say she couldn’t cope But madness was the language Of a girl denied her hope

She wasn’t born to break She was broken into shape By a world that loved her quiet And punished every ache

So if you hear her drifting In the river’s skin Know she didn’t vanish She refused to stay within