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Mar 2018
They look at me and say what a good girl
What an angel, and what an innocent face
I look at them and smirk
Use a little bit of arrogance to hide the hurt
They really like to judge looks
But looks can be deceiving

I'm not as innocent as you think
I'm not as naive as you thought
Most of it went a way when the world got to me
When it decided it was time to initiate me

It all started when they took him
Made me believe that love was the cure to anything
But no matter how much love you put in, it might not be enough to save him
One needle, one life
One mistake, one price
Stand there and watch everyone cry
And then get hit with the news that daddy died

It all started with him
That night when he kissed me
Then after that he hit me
That broke me, now nobody can fix me
They tell you to keep your head in the game
That he is just a distraction
But they told me this a little to late
Now I know why they called it a fatal attraction

Memories of my first love tend to really hurt
As I think about what really happened
How the hickeys looked like the bruises and I considered them love rashes
How the kisses led to misses led to so many heart crashes

It all started when it came
They say opportunity knocks but problems walk in like it owns the home of your life
From the shouting and the pouting
To the long nights of doubting
Doubting that love actually exists
Doubting that there's actually a solution to all this
A poem about how people aren't who they seem to be
Valene
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Valene  15/Cisgender Female/South Africa
(15/Cisgender Female/South Africa)   
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   KM Hanslik
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