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Misfits
Standing, surrounded, but yet all alone
Words race through my ears but don't register
And, yet, this I would think I should have known
And though still my mind continues to stir
My mind stuck around the tiny thought
That I am alone in this big, big, world
“Keep quiet so you fit in” I was taught
Those words in my mind settled then swirled.
Those discouraging words through my whole life
Broke me down and hurt my self-confidence
They cut through me, almost like a big knife
“No noise is the key to atropolis”
I remembered what my friends had all urged
And out of my shell, I slowly emerged
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