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January 29, 2014
By Anonymous

Don’t worry about what they say
They don’t know,
And they don’t care
So put your head up high
Let them know
Let them think,
That you don’t care
But you know


And, if they say
And if you hear,
Don’t ponder over it


For tomorrow,
They would have forgotten
And if, somehow, they hadn’t
Then It is not shameful for you
It is shameful for them


So don’t you worry,
Their words may hurt you now
But later,
Their words can’t be worth much

© Anonymous

The author's comments:
I came up with this poem one day, and it just stayed in the back of my mind. I decided today to write it down, and I am fairly pleased with how it came out :)
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