rejection

stuck waist-deep in despond sinking slowly into slumber’s embrace can’t wake move breathe feel live how can i prove i’m good enough won’t you let me show you it could be brilliant amazing ingenious razor-witted but no you say too young too young go away what if i say please?

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stuck

waist-deep

in

despond

sinking

slowly

into

slumber’s embrace

can’t

wake

move

breathe

feel

live

how can i

prove i’m

good enough

won’t you

let

me show

you

it could

be

brilliant

amazing

ingenious

razor-witted

but no

you say

too young

too

young

go away

what if

i say

please?

One response

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    neilina

    Lovely…..what if I say please? I loved the way it ended. I am feeling the child like innocence in ‘please’, so sweet!

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