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Not Good Enough

January 8, 2013
By SheaLB GOLD, Senatobia, Mississippi
SheaLB GOLD, Senatobia, Mississippi
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When life gives you lemons, make grape juice, and sit back to watch while the world try to figure out how you did it.


You can't say you care
When all you do is break me down
You can't say you try to help
When all you do is make it worse
Nothing I do is ever good enough for you
Nothing I do seems to make you happy
You always say that all you want is for me to do my best
But then all you do is say it's
NOT GOOD ENOUGH
It seems no matter what I do
it's never good enough for you
Can you tell me just once,
that you're proud of me?
Not for what I did that was
GOOD ENOUGH
But for what I did that I did
MY BEST AT
If you can, I would love to hear it
Until then, I will continue to doubt your faith in me
And I will continue to doubt you love me for who I truly am
Until you can say you're proud of me for something small
I will continue to doubt you love me at all


The author's comments:
I wrote because this is how I feel about how my parents treat me sometimes. They always tell me to do my best at everything I do and they'll be happy, but then they turn around and act like my best isn't good enough. I know they love me, but sometimes I just need to hear it. I hope you like the message.

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