Things They Called Me
by H.F. Lawson
They called her dramatic.
Emotional.
Too soft until she hardened.
Too much the moment she stopped apologizing.
This is not a collection of pretty poems.
This is a fire you read in lowercase.
A scream written in silk.
A record of what it costs to be a woman
in a world that only loves us when we're quiet.
Things They Called Me is a brutally honest, unapologetic poetry collection about girlhood, shame, survival, and the raw power of becoming. Through forty gut-punching poems, H.F. Lawson reclaims every insult, every silence, every label that tried to shrink her-and turns it into scripture for the women who refused to stay small.
For the girls who were told to cover up.
For the women who were called too much.
For the survivors who still rise.
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