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Self


 

Self myself yourself oneself

Self is present in all that we do

Self is how you look at yourself

Self is the person staring back at you in the mirror

Self is the moments that we piece together to make a life

We are born we live and we die

It is simple but yet it is beyond comprehensible

You make yourself, you are the creator of your story

You are placed on this earth for a purpose

The purpose that flows within you waiting to escape

But to escape is to find oneself

It is what is on the inside

Yet society does not care

It does not care about the inside of you

Society sees the outside

Society sees the cracks in the mirror

The cracks in the face staring back at you

Society will try and break you

Society does not care

Society chooses to conform you to its standards

Society turns you away if you are not like it

Society says you are cog in the machine

A mere piece to the puzzle

You are not what society says you are

You are you

You will pick up the pieces of the broken mirror

You will find a way

No matter the cost

You will put the pieces back together

Your life is not ruled by society

You make the self you want to be

You uphold your purpose

You are meant to be here

What is on the inside is what matters

You are not an empty vase easily broken

You do not let society define you

You are you

And you always will be

 
 
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