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i'm not smart

May 1, 2024
By ashreads SILVER, Calabasas, Please Select
ashreads SILVER, Calabasas, Please Select
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i’m not smart.

i want to be.

try not to let the jealousy

wash over me

but i believe

i can succeed

when i just try.

i’ve failed

and failed

till tears ran dry

said that’s not me.


2 am and i nod off.

no breaks.

i tell myself i’m not soft

i will ace

every test you give to me

any problem i receive

i’ve crafted this.

no more breaks 

that last hours

no self care

who needs showers?

i can handle this.


because who am i if not the one

who has never heard of fun

scolds herself for messing up

and has never

ever

seen the sun?


i’m not smart.


The author's comments:

gifted kid syndrome


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