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A letter from your shadow:

A letter from your shadow:

We’ve been together for awhile now,
I think it's time for me to share my rant.

Why do you tremble when you speak?
It’s like sometimes you don’t even think.
You walk into things, careless of your surroundings,
And you’ve never seemed to be whats called “normal”,
Always standing out in the most awful ways.

Your hair dye was cool at first, 
But now you do it after any minor inconvenience,
And im really starting to hate it.
You can’t ever decide what hair type you want,
straight , curly, bushy, or bald,
And quite frankly you’ll look just as horrible any way.

You have that god awful habit of biting your nails,
Do you like the way they taste,
Or are they just an escape?

I really hope you start to change,
im not sure how much more of your
“Temper tantrums” 
I can take.

	Sincerely, your shadow.

Copyright © octavia clark | Year Posted 2025


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Date: 11/2/2025 6:04:00 AM

Thanks for sharing this... exposing your thoughts through your unique poetic style. Welcome to Poetry Soup. I welcome you with the love of the Lord, expressed by John 3:16 of the Bible, "For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life." Be blessed.

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