Try to be
A nice girl--
Sweet and supportive
Understanding...

No backstabbing,
No underhanded tricks
No Petty squabbles.

But the more life settles
The less you care
And all the niceties of life
     disappear--
Fade away to reveal
A petty world around you
And you don't want to be
--A nice girl.

Express your anger
Or cage it away
Stop being the soggy shoulder
Or continue to comfort?

When logic asks:
Why care for the world
     when the world doesn't care for you?
But your heart says do the right thing--
You can't hide that deep inside
A nice girl
Lives.

Waits for that final blow.