How cruel I was to you
Wouldn't let you learn
fake it till you make it
God forbid you look like a fool
I criticized your looks
Compared you to everyone
Convinced you--you were less than them all
So we hated them together
Because we knew they hated us first
My God you were so young
Where was my compassion
That I so freely gave everyone else
I doomed myself from the start
Looking back now, I really see you
You were so scared, but so brave
No one to comfort you or understand
you didn't know your worth
How tragic it would be
To never discover What's always been there
You Finally see the beauty in you
The masterpiece of your journey.
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