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To One of My Best Friends MAG
I know sometimes
you may not like yourself
and you don't feel
like you're worth much
and I also know
that sometimes
you put yourself down
without conscious thought
you may not feel special
and call yourself a boring person
but your mind set is completely wrong
'cause you're a special person
you don't always see
the smile you bring to my face
you don't always see
that you mean so much to me
it hurts me
when you diss yourself
and make me worry
so much
'cause you're worth a lot
a lot more than you know
so use those seventeen muscles
and give me a smile
you're one of my best friends
treat yourself kindly
'cause I can't always create my own joy
unless you help me
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I love this. And i love how you wrote "one of my best friends" instead of my best friend. Not only does it bring fluidity, but i like how you dont put a definite lable.
Please comment and rate my new poem "Safe On A Cloud"!! And some of my other poems, because I'm new to TeenInk: "Girl Next Door", "Captured by Reflections" and "Longing For Those Days" !
I would really appreciate it! Thanks!
Hope your friend is okay!
Something we just learned in English today about poetry: If you put forth a first person narrative, you can write the poem and title in that character, and be seperated from that character.