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They Don't Know Me


They said I have to look a certain way to be beautiful, but I'm already beautiful.

They said I have to conform to fit in, but that's not me.

Who am I?

What is my purpose?

They said I was flawed, they said they had the cure.

They said I wasn't good enough, they preyed on my insicurities.

They don't know me.

They can't tell me who I am.

I used to buy into their lie, even though I knew it was a lie.
 
I struggled to  fight the lie, but it was stronger than I was.
 
What changed?
 
Why do they no longer impact me?
 
I realized who I wanted to be.
 
I realized they were just another opinon that didn't matter.
 
The don't know me.
 
They can't tell me who I am.
 
 
 
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