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This is Your Life

Recently I’ve been waiting 

to wake up

This can’t be my life

Not knowing what to expect

of myself

from one day to the next

Spending all my energy on

hiding

pretending

reining it in

instead of something

useful

 

But I know

this is it

I know

I better make the best of it

As aggravating

and bizarre

as it is

This 

is my life






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