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I'm better now

Thank you

for making me believe

that i was too ugly

to even love myself.

thank you

for making me believe

 that my self worth

depended on how i am in the bedroom.

thank you

for being the worst human being,

that you could ever be.

but truly,

honestly,

thank you

for making me realize

that i am more

than what you ever said i was.

 

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Raj Ferds

Wed 22nd Mar 2017 07:28

Keep going Maria. You can only get better.
Yes I noticed the pathos in your work. Nothing wrong with that. Gives you an identity. Stay enlightened.

Raj
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Maria Renea

Tue 21st Mar 2017 23:11

thank you, Raj. I was trying to show a transformation within this poem. I feel that there is a common trait of transformation or a mood of sadness or enlightenment within my works. thank you for your kind words, I will continue to write. x

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Raj Ferds

Tue 21st Mar 2017 06:29

Nice one Maria.

I like the way how the central message of 'thank you' strings together all that you wanted to say ...ending with a positive transformation.

Raj

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