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Untitled Poem I'm Too Shy to Share Somewhere Else

  • Writer: Carrie Xue
    Carrie Xue
  • 3 days ago
  • 1 min read

i am trying


to be softer


with myself


so that one day


i won’t flinch


at my own reflection


or apologize


for existing


in a world


that made me


feel like a guest


in my own skin

 
 
 

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