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The Paradox Child
She's a tornado 
 
 
 a hurricane 
 
 
 
    a tsunami 
 
 
 
 
 
  she's spiraling out of control 
 
 
 
    like a beautiful tragedy 
 She's loved and hated in equal parts 
 
 
 
 
     loved and hated for who she is 
     loved and hated for who she's not 
 
 
  but at the end of the day 
   She likes to believe she knows her real friends 
 She's fire and ice 
 
     rage and beauty 
 
 
 
     and heart-breaking carelessness 
     she dances around 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
     leaving a trail of beautiful destruction in her wake 
 
     and she's finally quit chasing a boy 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 who will nevereverever be worthy of her 
 She's adored and respected 
 
 
 
 
  in a ratio that varies depending on the person 
 
   and she smiles and glows and shines 
 
 
 
 
     you can barely look her in the eye 
 She's like the sun 
 
 
 
 
 
 
   blinding unless looked at in small doses 
 But you can't survive without the sun 
 
 
 
  you can't hold the sun 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
     or capture it 
 She's a wild mare 
 
    a falcon released at last 
 
 
    a lioness just escaped 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
   you can't capture her 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  even if you wanted to 
 A broken animal is heart breaking 
 
 
 
 
   holding her hostage would be devastating 
 She's standing on a cliff 
 
    perched to fly 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 about to fall 
 
 
 but she's learned from her mistakes 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 and she won't be taken advantage of 
 
 ever again 
 Smile darling 
 
 
 
 
  take a deep breath 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
     and jump 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 this is the freefall 
 
 and it's exhilarating 
 
 
 
    can't breath - can't think 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 can't do anything but feel 
 Ready? 
 
 
   1 
 
 
 
    2 
 
 
 
 
     3 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Fly! 
 See that sunrise 
 
   that's the beginning of the rest of your life

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