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My Life

August 16, 2010
By Anonymous

I WALK DOWN THIS STREET
a better person for the things I've done.
TALLER
for everyone that has tried to bring me down.
HOPEFUL
for everyone who said I'd never make it.
SMARTER
for all the unintelligent people I've dealt with.
LOYAL
for all the people who weren't loyal to me.
STRONGER
after all the hits I've taken.
RESPECTFUL
for everyone who didn't respect me.
FUNNIER
for all the unhumorous moments I've indured.
Glued
for everyone who tried to break me.
HAPPIER
for all the misery this life has thrown my way.
SCARRED
for all the people who backstabbed me.
BETTER
than all the haters who try to doubt me.
FLUENT
for all the people I wont talk to.
LAUGHING
at the people who thought they could stop me.
DETERMINED
for all the times I've been shot down.
CAREFUL
around all the "friends" who talk too loud.
LOVING
for the famished heart that begs in my chest.
SEDUCTIVE
for all the people who tried to seduce me.
BULLETPROOF
for all the times I've been shot at.
WAITING
for all the people who thought I wasn't worth waiting for.
LISTENING
to all the people who never listened to me.
WISER
than all the people who tried to outsmart me.
HARDER
for all the people who watched me cry.
DECIDED
on who I want in my life forever.
CLOSER
for all the people who weren't there for me.
FASTER
for all the people who tried to outrun me.
SOMEONE
for all the people who said I would never be.


The author's comments:
This was written a while ago, I just didn't want to post it yet. It's very close and personal to me.

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