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Just because I can laugh in the face of my enemy It does not mean that I am strong It can mean that I am weak That the fight inside me That used to make me curl my lips and snarl At those who oppose me and all that I am Is gone It can mean that there is nothing left to do But be complacent For there are some enemies that cannot be beaten Some people are enemies simply by existing as themselves They are so hardened like cement In their own idealized perfect reflection of their lives They see it every morning And they continue to be the reason that I see nothing But my own fear After wiping the condensation from my mirror The unbeatable enemy makes me laugh Not because I am strong But because it is amusing To think that I once thought That I could beat them
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Jan 28, 2014
Jan 28, 2014 at 6:05 PM UTC
Enemy
Just because I can laugh in the face of my enemy It does not mean that I am strong It can mean that I am weak That the fight inside me That used to make me curl my lips and snarl At those who oppose me and all that I am Is gone It can mean that there is nothing left to do But be complacent For there are some enemies that cannot be beaten Some people are enemies simply by existing as themselves They are so hardened like cement In their own idealized perfect reflection of their lives They see it every morning And they continue to be the reason that I see nothing But my own fear After wiping the condensation from my mirror The unbeatable enemy makes me laugh Not because I am strong But because it is amusing To think that I once thought That I could beat them
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Jan 28, 2014
Jan 28, 2014 at 6:05 PM UTC
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