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#secondchoice
And if I'm your best friend, out of all your friends, why am I the one you always fend? I don't get it, it's always like this, you act so annoyed with me but with other people you say being around them is bliss. It hurts to see, you know? it feels like a harsh blow, to my attached heart cold and slow. It's such a shame, knowing that my name, behind my back you talk, at first finding out was a shock, now it's just disappointment in the person that you've become, which I know will soon make me feel numb. So, why, if for you I am always there, you reaching out first feels rare? I miss you so much, you, your words and your warm touch. But if your other friends leave and you decide to come back, my heart will finally crack, and it won't even be the same again, and I'll for long remember how you treated me back then.
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Apr 15
Apr 15, 2026 at 7:00 AM UTC
best friend
Come in late You’ve already been replaced Talk to your friends Then get ignored Walk to lunch And sit all alone Everybody thinks they’re in the right Decided it’s the best To leave you behind They’ll forget you Upon chaotic crowds and lines Nobody notices you Just wasting your time Are you really my friend? You don’t have to pretend. I can leave And never talk again Feeling like an extra Not needed here What is my purpose? My existence isn’t clear
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Mar 27
Mar 27, 2026 at 10:59 AM UTC
What Is My Purpose?
When they talk It’s an inside joke “You wouldn’t understand” They say while they giggle together When you ask to hang out There’s an excuse “Sorry I’m busy” They say while you watch them together When they talk about a group chat But you aren’t on it “We must have forgotten” They say while they keep texting each other When they bring up memories But you weren’t a part of them “You must have been sick” They say while they plan to hang out again without you When they forget your birthday But they’ve planned presents for each other’s “I’ll bring your present tomorrow” They say while they haven’t thought once about it You are forgotten You are left out You are always the second choice- death by a thousand dismissals
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Jun 9, 2025
Jun 9, 2025 at 3:40 PM UTC
Second Choice
Maybe I'm just, Pretty enough to be "Flirted with", But never considered for "Something real".. Pretty enough to be "Admired", But never "Seen as the one" Pretty enough to be "noticed", But never "pursued passionately" Pretty enough to be an "option", But never the "only choice" Pretty enough to be "wanted", But never "worthy of commitment" Pretty enough to be "liked" But never enough"to be loved"
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May 16, 2025
May 16, 2025 at 2:21 PM UTC
Never Enough
Im a daughters who never Says anything to her family. Who is never asked whether my heart is  okay or not. Even tho i want to tell everyone many things abt my hard days and still there are many things in my heart. I heal my own wounds, I fight my insomnia, every night is filled with taers and overthinking. But when the morning comes, I fake my smile and laughter :/
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May 10, 2025
May 10, 2025 at 11:42 AM UTC
Forgotten one?
You try your best, you really do- To be the friend anyone can run to. But, it seems you are just a spare, And no one is there to care.
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Mar 20, 2025
Mar 20, 2025 at 11:19 PM UTC
The "Spare" Friend
I don't make out on the first date. I don't ditch my friends for a guy. And I definitely don't settle for being someone's second choice. I'm hard-to-get, but once you've got me, I'm all in.
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Jul 22, 2023
Jul 22, 2023 at 2:18 AM UTC
All In
Never go through with being someone's second choice because for you to be second, there had to have been a first. And that first will always be out there, somewhere.
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Jul 22, 2023
Jul 22, 2023 at 2:16 AM UTC
He'll never forget his first
“i’ll always choose him” her voice rolled like thunder the words struck me like lightning the raindrops falling down my face as i watch the wind carry my love away. it becomes too much to bare i become a storm cellar, attempting to lock my emotions away. but the storm is too much, my love for her consumes me like a surfer in the middle of a hurricane. i don’t know how to control it. like the waves my mind is slowly crashing i’m scared, lost, and confused. i’m in the middle of nowhere, yet i still scream for help. somehow i see her and we lock eyes. she becomes a tornado as she wraps me up, only to leave me worse then when she found me. for some reason i can’t convince myself to leave her. i hold on to the fact that after every storm there’s still a rainbow. i just wonder if it’ll be you.
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Jun 8, 2020
Jun 8, 2020 at 4:29 PM UTC
The Storm
how come, you must rub it in my face. about how happy you are with him. the man I love. you stole him. gone. and you feel the need to brag. why? how come, you get pleasure.. from making me feel small. unwanted. being second choice hurts enough, without your words. please. go.
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May 16, 2018
May 16, 2018 at 11:49 AM UTC
Emily.
tell me you don't need me that way i wont have second thoughts on banging on your door just to make sure you're okay
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May 7, 2018
May 7, 2018 at 4:25 AM UTC
katherine
She picked herself up and built her walls higher than ever before. But she added a door. A door that will either save her or **** her. Her heart is scared to trust but her gut is to confused to say anything. She is terrified but Inlove.
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Oct 31, 2017
Oct 31, 2017 at 12:20 AM UTC
Untitled
You wore your top hat with authority And glimmered like her priority My madness slipped away in a dream Similar to the hare's self esteem You could make anything with that voice The elegance was no longer my choice As crowds near Proposing nothing if not fear You held out the rose for her My flooded lungs became a blur I'd carry the rabbit Rid the torturous habit Yet you chose to stay comfy in her web I don't doubt how frail I'll be this Feb The thorns could be seen from quite great length I knew I was torn from malice and lacked the strength Though your charm proved to cause such a fright I wouldn't avoid your deathly bite You'd despise me had you knew Yet that only sprinkled my eyes a pretty black and blue True, the cards may have fell in her favor I just hope I don't make you regret that white rose you gave her
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Jan 22, 2017
Jan 22, 2017 at 8:37 PM UTC
She'll Always Prevail
The fat friend The ugly sister The dumb classmate The second choice That depressed girl The hated child The ***** The ugly duckling The girl that will never be good enough..
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Jan 12, 2017
Jan 12, 2017 at 5:04 PM UTC
I am...
a rose? well that is something that i am not. i am not admired by many and adored by even more. people do not gravitate towards me because of my cliche aspect of beauty. one does not view me as one of the most d i v e r s e signs of beauty love or even grace. both striking and beautiful, she has many thorns and ****** that can cut you and make you bleed. me? instead of all that, i am a leaf. ordinary, that i am. and very much overlooked. often ignored and underestimated. your eyes do not adhere to my exclusive version of beauty. i can't hurt you, or at least not as much. i am not made up of thorns that could easily nip you and your fragile skin. and even tho she, rose, has many ****** and thorns that has ample enough chances to cut you, you still choose it over me.
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Jul 6, 2016
Jul 6, 2016 at 4:14 AM UTC
leaf.
You might tell your best friend about me, But I forgot that You might tell him about her more often.
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Jun 29, 2015
Jun 29, 2015 at 4:53 AM UTC
forgot
Tired of being cast aside As soon as someone better comes along. Tired of feeling like nothing to you When all I do is try to support you. Why is it okay to make me feel Like a complete waste of space? Why is it okay to make me feel Like I'm never good enough for anyone?
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May 17, 2015
May 17, 2015 at 3:18 PM UTC
Someone better comes along
I find myself lost in the sad songs that speak about you and me. Sorry I didn't mean it like that. You made it clear that there is no you and me. No you and me means, you don't love me like I love you. God I ******* love you. I tell you that everyday. I could have you if I wanted, but you don't want me to try so I'm just here waiting. I'm here waiting to touch your lips again. I'm here waiting to call you mine for the first time. So I'll keep waiting, because you're worth it. Until then, you're hers not mine. She will never understand you like I will. Here I am listening the sad songs that speak of a you an me that is non-existent. The sad songs that speak of you and her that I wish were of you and me.
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May 10, 2015
May 10, 2015 at 8:14 PM UTC
sad songs