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Inner Voice and Outside World

I apologize(Her inner voice) Look at her... Look at the way she walks... Look how she acts as if... No wait I wasn't born into this world to please your eyes If you don't wanna look close them I don't wake up every morning thinking of what you'll say ,i mean murmmer because you don't have the breathe to say it to my face You talk about sisterhood yet you don't even know what it's like to be called trash in a world of glitters You talk about empowerment yet you are the walking contradiction of criticism So explain to me what is it that you know? What is it that you know besides walking your suicidal thoughts around and flashing them around as happiness What is it that you know besides spreading your legs to feel whole again What is it, what is it, what is it? See I clearly point out and tell you everything that's wrong with you but see I'll become like you Everything I aspire not to be Because see the difference between me and you Is that I was able to write down what I don't like about you It doesn't affect my daily life but it does affect the society I've grown fond of It affects me because you seem to have become a meaningless role model You have told girls to become comfortable in the skin that never belonged to them You've turned your friends into you so you could use them as a reflection or a mirror of yourself You don't like me because I remind you of who you want to be But can never be ~Low-Key Poet?? -Sihle Simelane

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