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Stop trying


Shame on you 

You hurt me 

You hurt me because I'm different

I cried because you hurt me

When I stopped I learned

I stopped caring what you said

I stopped responding to you

I told you stop trying

You didn't stop trying

You were only trying my patience

I'll never lash out the way you did

You lashed out because I'm different

I'm different and I don't care

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