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This Perfect Picture of Me

January 18, 2023
By Aubreyb2023 SILVER, Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania
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These expectations cripple me
They are much to high
Work too hard, stress me out
Tell me i want to die

These limitations have been set
They tell me i must try
But i know the pain
Will only make me cry

These rules remind me
Of what has been
As icy water
Slashes my skin

The cold, the hurt
The searing pain
Of what i know
About disdain

This perfect picture
Of what i must be
This perfect picture
Is nothing like me

Photo by Nicolas Ladino Silva on Unsplash

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Tired of being told what to be? Me too.

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