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A Mistake
You heard the words I spoke,
and you chewed them up
and spat them out again
mocking me.
I went home and looked in the mirror,
and because of what you saw
I saw
a mistake.
And I tried to clean it up,
but you made me feel as if
it were impossible.
I’d tinker with what I said,
aiming for
your
upmost approval
but you dismissed
my efforts.
I piggy-backed on your opinions
even if I believed my own
unique thoughts
just because I sought
to be your friend again
but still,
you refused to
accept me.
So I jumped onto your words,
I copied your style,
I ran to
catch up with you
but you continued
to leave me behind.
So instead, I accepted how you felt,
looked in the mirror,
and saw
no mistake
at all.
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