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I am what they want me to be

January 13, 2016
By Pyrophoric PLATINUM, Ankeny, Iowa
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Favorite Quote:
"Do I dare disturb the universe?" -T.S. Eliot

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I am afraid

Of stepping out of line

Everyone else

Is hopeful

But I am afraid

New ideas

New promise

New fear

 

I touch 

The worry lines

Of my mama

Worry lines

That weren't there before

They never said

The worry would come

But it came

 

I pretend to be

Perfect

Unblemished

Because

That's what they want me to be

Because

Being a person 

Isn't good enough

You have to be

Untouchable

© Angela K., Kansasville, WI

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