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April 19, 2013
By faerie-tales PLATINUM, Colchester, Connecticut
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The school told me I wasn’t good enough

through a single sheet of meaningless letters.

The choir told me I wasn’t good enough

through cold shoulders and no callbacks.

The magazines told me I wasn’t good enough

through glossy pages of beautiful girls.

I knew I wasn’t good enough

through red marked wrists.

But you told me I was good enough

through kisses and love letters.

And yet I wasn’t good enough

for you to stay with me -

you left for her.

© Tabitha M., Kannapolis, NC

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