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her to me; me to them

December 15, 2025
By jessiekv24 BRONZE, San Francisco, California
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When do you start to grow up?

When will I stop seeing you and every time I look

I can only see my own face reflected back in yours?

I made bad decisions and you made good decisions

and we can never undo that but I can watch what you become.

You’re so selfish, when do you start to grow up?

And realize the world around you was not made for you

But mine was. And I’m a rock and you’re the star

and your heat destroys me It destroys me.

I feel that I can never get too close. But you shine

brighter than I ever shone. Than I ever will.

I don’t want you to grow up. I never will.

But you already did and now all I have is a mirror

to remind me of who I couldn’t be.

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