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myself MAG
I'm the suffocated coal miner
the teenage flatliner
that designated drunk driver
tossed underneath the wheels.
I'm the anorexic starver
the cancer patient's daughter
that once-perfect carver
hospitalized because she told.
I'm the widowed 22-year-old
the OI baby too fragile to hold
that one gambler who just can't fold
so he hides his addiction.
I'm the suicidal teacher
the sinful daughter of the preacher
that girl with not one skinny feature
whom everyone avoids.
I'm someone I wish I was not
the person counting the wars I've fought
that one right hook to get me caught
while I'm beating them out of me.
I'm all those people crammed into one
the last standing warrior who will have won
that idiot searching a puzzle that's already been done
all I was trying to find was myself.
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Wow, really loved this. You write beautifully. I love how truthful but sad it is, and how so many different people could find meaning in it.
I'm also impressed by how you made it rhyme without sounding cheesy or overdramatic. Thats something I really have trouble doing, lol :)
Keep writing, i would love to read more!
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