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Today I jumped off a cliff And as I fell I could only think of what was to come Falling, I dove until I pierced the cold dark waters The bitter salt stinging my eyes as I try to rise above Only to realize the harsh waves pushing me down The struggle to keep my head above The struggle to breath Below me, I feel the hundred of bites from sharks Their sharp teeth in my skin dragging me down And the thousands of jellyfish stings weakening me forcing me down forcing me to blend in and become one of them But I can't I must prevail I must take on the pain I must move on And as I pull free and swim further away I hear them call You're weird! You're ugly!You're an outcast! And though the words constantly replay in my mind I must use them as strength to move on I must succeed I must push through the waves I must ignore the pain.the stings, the bites. I must swim against the current. I must fight it. Although they still try to drag me down Try to make me like them I can never be... I can only be me... For my island, my home, my sanctuary. is not far away... I must be free...
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Jun 29, 2014
Jun 29, 2014 at 5:17 PM UTC
Swimming against the current
Today I jumped off a cliff And as I fell I could only think of what was to come Falling, I dove until I pierced the cold dark waters The bitter salt stinging my eyes as I try to rise above Only to realize the harsh waves pushing me down The struggle to keep my head above The struggle to breath Below me, I feel the hundred of bites from sharks Their sharp teeth in my skin dragging me down And the thousands of jellyfish stings weakening me forcing me down forcing me to blend in and become one of them But I can't I must prevail I must take on the pain I must move on And as I pull free and swim further away I hear them call You're weird! You're ugly!You're an outcast! And though the words constantly replay in my mind I must use them as strength to move on I must succeed I must push through the waves I must ignore the pain.the stings, the bites. I must swim against the current. I must fight it. Although they still try to drag me down Try to make me like them I can never be... I can only be me... For my island, my home, my sanctuary. is not far away... I must be free...
The struggle to fit in and also be yourself. Deciding to move on and be different.
#different#unique#movingon#bites#stings#bedifferent#freesom#outcasts
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missblackraven
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Jun 29, 2014
Jun 29, 2014 at 5:17 PM UTC
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