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You tell me I'm not good enough

And all I want to do

Is cry.



I can't cry

Not here, and not now

So I just shut my eyes.



Your words are a brick

Thrown against my mirror

Shattering me.



When you look at me

All you see is yourself

Because I'll be you in time.



I don't want to be you

With all of your hateful words

And fears and paranoia.



I don't want to look at a stranger

When I become you

And hate them for who they are.



I don't know how to escape

I'm stuck in this mud pit

I guess I'll drown for awhile.



April 28, 2000