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Left or Right

I cannot make decisions on my own.

I feed myself the comments of the people

who surround me, and make their thoughts

my own.

 

Life seems like a boardgame,

with way too many choices.

But I cannot make these choices,

for myself.

 

The color of my hair,

and the way my laces are tied,

do not reflect the way I may

want things to be.

 

I cannot choose

anything.

For myself, that is.

 

I let people mold me,

and form me,

and push their feelings on me.

 

I feel bad.

When people don't agree with me

I feel like I let them down.

I hate to disappoint

anyone,

but

I always disappoint myself.

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alyssa-rose-n
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Jul 19, 2013
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