My Perfect Life

Fairy tales don't exist
Is what they tell us as little black girls
We go to school
Listen to mom and dad
Grow up and have a child
Give them everything you have
To feel unappreciated
Only to try your best
For nobody to understand
A perfect life
Just 
Does not
Exist
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November 9, 2022 at 11:47 PM
Once we let go, we seek no echo
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