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Don't Look Back


I 
Am not
Who you think
I am.
I 
Am not
What people believe
I am.
I
Do not
Function how most
People do.
I 
Am not
Where you expect
I am.
I 
Am not
Doing what you
Think that I should,
I am running from you,
From my forgotten past, 
And I am
Trying to
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