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Confidence
I am not brave
 I smile and I wave
 I do not do what I crave
 to expectations I am a slave
 
 I am not spoken
 like a tree so stiff , I'm oaken
 a nod is my single token
 my lips are sealed and broken
 
 I am not good
 always done as I should
 I've only done what I could
 to go beyond, never would
 
 I am not wise
 my thoughts always in disguise
 doesn't matter, don't get a prize
 never heard the cries
 
 I am not kind
 always alone, never mind
 no one around, you can't find
 to others I am blind
 
 I am not honest
 I pretend to be modest
 caught up in a forest
 trying to become flawless
 
 
 I am not beautiful
 my face doesn't prove youthful
 my complexion unsuitable 
 expressions never truthful
 
 I am not a coward. 
 I am not quiet.
 I am not bad.
 I am not dumb. 
 I am not mean.
 I am not a liar. 
 I am not ugly.
 
 I am I

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