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Hater


I know who you are. One look's all it takes. You can't hide from me. Your body gives you away. Your hair and your eyes. Your skin and your face. I know who you are. You don't have to say. Then he came to me. And he walked away. I asked Why not stay? He said There's no need. I know who you are. One look's all it takes. You can't hide from me. You already gave it away. I know who you are. You don't have to say. I cried That's not fair Just give me a chance Inside I'm forever. My outside won't last. My eyes tell you one thing But my spirit another One fades away But the other's forever He said Why bother. I don't really care. And then he left me To rot in nowhere. And then from the distance I saw many faces. Some were pretty Soft and fair. Others were not Covered in faults. Some spirits of kindness Others were not. But none stopped for me Crying and broken. I had known them all And turned them away Because of their face Their color or shape And so when I fell Into my own folly None shed a tear I was put in my place. They knew who I was. One look's all it took. I turned them away They didn't want me. In my hateful shame I dug my own grave.
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We live life for the relationships within it. What is life without love? Poetry, no matter how clumsily expressed is love.

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