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The Way I Am.

July 21, 2011
By swaggacaust DIAMOND, Guntown, Mississippi
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swaggacaust DIAMOND, Guntown, Mississippi
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Favorite Quote:
Educate yourself. Learn the things that you wann'a learn, not what this freakin' brain - washed society is making you think. - Cristofer Drew. ♥

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I'm trying to be,

Trying to be,

Who you want to see.




My dreams.

They are too much for you.

You want me to be like,

Everyone else,

It seems.




I have hopes.

But, I might as well,

Store them in envelopes.

They don't matter to you.




You tell me to be myself.

But, who do you want that to be?

Because, it most definitely,

Doesn't seems like me.

© April W., Rogersville, MO

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