Echos of a Terrified Mind

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Are you telling the truth?

Why do you not agree with the others?

How can you see me differently?

How can you love me?


I am not pretty, nor attractive in any way.

I do not have curves or a pretty smile.

My voice is not the sound of tinkling bells.

Unlike her. She is perfect.


Her body is better, more feminine

Her voice is higher, cuter, sweeter

Her eyes brighter, her skin unmarred

By these scars of mine


I know you want her, more than me

You always have, I know it, I know it

I was your second choice, 

The one you wanted if you couldn't have her


I'm the leftovers, the boring one

The one that you keep around 

Just so you have something to do

Not for me, for the entertainment I give you


What good am I? Other than a show?

A toy or a game for you to play?

An old ragged doll you keep until

You get a new one.



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