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The Burden of Being a Planet

May 22, 2016
By journeytopluto GOLD, Belle Mead, New Jersey
journeytopluto GOLD, Belle Mead, New Jersey
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Favorite Quote:
"Here's looking at you, kid," - Forgive Me, Leonard Peacock


I am a girl that calls herself a planet.

 

I do this because I look around and I see that I don't belong. I first thought it was the world that was different, but as I grow older I see that it is I that differs. The things I like are deemed weird. I speak with blunt force and honesty- but in this society that is looked down upon. I am not what beautiful is defined to be. In fact, I'm the exact opposite. So, I choose not to be seen.

 

Yet, I want to be wanted. Though being wanted is unattainable for a planet like me. I have a house, but not a home. I have parents and siblings, but not a family. I have people to talk to, but not friends. I am alone. It's not that I feel too small for this world, it is that I feel too big. I'm not good around people. So, I must be alone for the better of society. And I'm afraid, that I will be alone for the rest of my life.

 

That is the burden of being a planet; remaining untouchable.



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