Behind My Skin
A wound that can't heal
A pain I always feel
Like the blood won't stop flowing
The chant keeps on going
Not good enough
Not good enough
Not good enough
It ebbs, slows, then swells
As my spirit it fells
Wearing, tearing, and gnawing
It just won't stop sawing
Not good enough
Not good enough
Not good enough
My soul full of holes
Not good enough
My mind full of "no's"
Not good enough
Not pretty enough, not smart enough, not skinny enough, not clever enough, not social enough, not helpful enough, not good enough, not enough, not enough, not, knot, naught, nothing, no one, naught, not, not, not, not, not not not notnotnotnotnotnotnotnot. No.
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