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Stand Tall


To be me...

To be me is to fall, fall down,  get pushed down, pulled down, fall hard, fall soft, fall barley, fall heavily, fall in love. To be me is to fall. 

To be me is to be vulnerable, to trust, give in, give out, yield, surrender, disregard, let down, love. To be me is to be vulnerable

To be me is to be foolish, to be stupid, ignorant, gullible, hoodwinked, glazed, similar. To be me is to be foolish. 

To be me is to be cognizant, To see, realize, encounter, manifest, discover, learn. To be me is to be cognizant. 

To be me is to be miserable, to be angry, upset, depressed, confused, anxious, displaced, enraged, jaded, lost. To be me is to be miserable. 

To be me is to care, to worry, pester, dread, anticipate, question, cry, beseech, encompass. To be me is to care. 

To be me is to hurt, to be lonely, worthless, unimportant, loser, no good, terrible, unwanted. To be me is to hurt. 

To be me is to fall, fall down,  get pushed down, pulled down, fall hard, fall soft, fall barley, fall heavily, fall out of love. To be me is to fall. 






To be me is to stand. To be me is to stand up tall and be proud to be me. To be me is to be the luckiest girl in the world. To be me is to have the most caring family and friends in the world. To be me is to be creative and extroverted but introverted at the same time. To be me is to be a cancer, dependable, adaptable, responsive, understanding, caring. To be me is to dance, to inspire others through kinesthetic art. To be me is to not care what the world thinks. To be me is to uphold a certain standard for myself. To be me is to be beautiful on the inside and out. To be me is to put others before myself and make them worry less and be happy. To be me is to make myself happy, because if I can't who can? To be me is to stand. Stand tall.

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