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Changes
I miss the girl I was before.
She was proud and strong
but she was loud and wrong
but at least she knew who she was.
I miss the person I used to be.
with their frizzy hair and messy mascara
with their bright eyes and awful music
but at least their smile was genuine
I miss the boy I was.
With his fire-engine red hair and false confidence
the start of a completely new life,
so many things to learn,
so many mistakes to make
but at least he had something to look forward to.
If the girl I was saw who I had become
she would hate me with a burning passion
'cause I believe
that every day
there's a chance it could be my last.
I hate the person I've become.
A false sense of self,
doubting my reality and the people around me.
the dim light at the end of the tunnel
slowly fading
I hate the boy I've turned into.
Not being able to look in the mirror
without feeling my whole world shatter around me.
incapable of feeling pretty anymore,
incapable of feeling anything.
Slowly becoming
the person I promised I would never become.
constantly disappointing myself,
taking two steps backward with every step I take.
I can't be what they need,
If I'm not even enough for me.
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