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I am not perfect


To say I am perfect

Would be an ugly lie

 

I am not soft

Nor innocent

I don't need protected

Because I protect

I am not weak

And decidedly not helpless

 

I am not pretty quotes

Or poetry in a book

I don't understand myself

Because I change everyday

I am not heartless

But not too open

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