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February 24, 2022
By gparks25 SILVER, Cannon Falls, Minnesota
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“The oldest and strongest emotion of mankind is fear, and the oldest and strongest kind of fear is fear of the unknown”<br /> ― H.P. Lovecraft

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I have to study

I don’t need friends

I don’t need to feel joy

No matter how alone I feel

Being immaculate is all I have 


“What am I other than the best”


I have to practice

I need to be first

I need to be at the top

Never less than flawless

I have to be the image of perfection


“What will happen to me if I am not the best”


I’m running out of time

My whole life is riding on this

I need to make this perfect

I will never be complete


“What's the point of existing if I can’t be the best”

© Grace P., Cannon Falls, Minnesota

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Perfection can eat away at you like a caterpillar to a leaf.

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SparrowSun ELITE said...
on Mar. 8 2022 at 5:03 pm
SparrowSun ELITE, X, Vermont
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"It Will Be Good." (complicated semi-spiritual emotional story.)<br /> <br /> "Upon his bench the pieces lay<br /> As if an artwork on display<br /> Of gears and hands<br /> And wire-thin bands<br /> That glisten in dim candle play." -Janice T., Clockwork[love that poem, dont know why, im not steampunk]

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reminds me of my poem lonely. not going to link it, I hate when people do that.
you'll move past that. the 'someday I'll have friends, be normal, be enough, ect' will come sooner than you think. i know because I didn't think it would come until I was an adult, maybe never. but it only took a year or so, and now, for now, I'm content.