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I don't want to be like you.

I crash

against myself

 

again

and again

and again

 

throwing myself into

the possibilities

of me

 

she

who could be

or has always been

 

while I,

in the now

stand scrutinized

under judgmental eyes

 

that I no longer wish to heed

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devon-1
Published
Sep 14, 2015
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#finding#searching#judged
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