The cardboard cut out

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I'm trying to be better.

Trust me I am.

I'm trying to be who you want me to be.

I'm trying to shape myself into the perfect person. The perfect picture,  the perfect feature. Just to make sure I gain your approval.

I'm trying to erase my true identity. Shrinking into your cardboard cut out of the ideal human being.

Telling my friends that I think EVERYONE hates me. Because your words are stuck in the back of my mind.

Telling them that you were right.

Will that make you like me?

Will that change the false perception you have of me. Because according to you I'm annoying.

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