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Glass Half Full
Everything I do in the eye of my friends
my family,
the public,
it makes me seem like a girl
made of bricks,
made of stone,
made strong.
Everything they say-
my friends,
my family,
the public,
it turns the
brick into wheat,
stone into cardboard,
strong into weak.
Every day I wonder if today will be the day I
fall apart
break in pieces
lose control,
Every day I wonder if today will be the day I
take one too many Advil,
cut my wrist a bit too hard,
jump off that new bridge.
Every night I tell myself
I'm strong,
I'm made of brick,
I'm OK.
Every night I tell myself
I'm worthless,
I'm stupid,
I'm not enough.
Yet with every new day
I put on a face
of a girl made of bricks,
of stone,
strong.
With every new day
I put on a face
of a girl who's fine,
who's OK,
who doesn't need help.
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