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"Be yourself" But who am I? I might be just an act, formed early out of survival   Maybe, I grabbed bits of this, and bits of that Whatever role kept the wolves at bay Throw in a pinch of people pleaser to the recipe Pepper it up with a rebel with any cause Did I borrow this persona? What did I inherit? Am I more like my mother than I'd like to admit? Maybe I am performing Indeed, the world is a stage Am I curtsying to the audience? All the world is so Hollywood now We seem to be scenes in one movie after another PAY NO ATTENTION TO THAT MAN BEHIND THE CURTAIN! ...Dead silence... Uh-oh, caught Hands up? Okay, I surrender! "Please, God, show me who I am"
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Apr 20, 2023
Apr 20, 2023 at 1:53 AM UTC
Will The Real Dorothy Please Stand Up?
"Be yourself" But who am I? I might be just an act, formed early out of survival   Maybe, I grabbed bits of this, and bits of that Whatever role kept the wolves at bay Throw in a pinch of people pleaser to the recipe Pepper it up with a rebel with any cause Did I borrow this persona? What did I inherit? Am I more like my mother than I'd like to admit? Maybe I am performing Indeed, the world is a stage Am I curtsying to the audience? All the world is so Hollywood now We seem to be scenes in one movie after another PAY NO ATTENTION TO THAT MAN BEHIND THE CURTAIN! ...Dead silence... Uh-oh, caught Hands up? Okay, I surrender! "Please, God, show me who I am"
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Apr 20, 2023
Apr 20, 2023 at 1:53 AM UTC
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