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Not For Them, Not Ever
March 20, 2015
They'll look at me differently now,
And say their 'awes' and their 'wows,'
As if I'm more presentable to all,
As if I'm a peculiar doll.
But I didn't do this for them.
I'm not the flower off their stem.
I did what I did,
Not to cast their bid.
Not to get the looks and the attention,
But for myself; not for a reaction.
This doesn't define me.
I'm not going through a phase.
I wanted to see,
Not to receive all the praise.
I am who I have always been.
And I love who that girl is.
She's humble and she's kind;
She is the ruler of her mind.
© Marina S., Vineyard Haven, MA
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