Sometimes, being polite isn't enough.
Being kind isn't enough.
Being quiet isn't enough.
Being yourself isn't enough.
Being best isn't enough.
Sometimes it isn't you that's the problem.
But that matters little
on someone else's board.
So do yourself a favor,
get the fuck off,
and stop entertaining their game.
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22 & Learning Poetry Collection: Curiously Beautiful
PoetryBeing vulnerable is one of the scariest things any human being can do; to unfasten the armor reinforced by a lifetime of difficult lessons, strip down to nothing but the fine curves of one's existence, and bare the scars of the soul in the sincerity...