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no one’s prize

Linda M. Crate

i’m not that
agreeable
girl
that allows herself to get
hurt for the benefit
of other people
anymore,
but rather i fight for my own
dreams;
carry your own crosses
won’t crucify
myself for others anymore because
they refuse to carry me
when my knees are weak and my mind is torn
so let them suffer their own solitude
as they’ve left me to
suffer—
perhaps,
i sound selfish or cruel;
but i am often too giving and too kind
to those who simply want to use
me;
i am exhausted
can’t fill from an empty cup so i’m losing everyone
else to find myself
because my true friends love me
for who i am
as impossible as i can
be—
i am wild
cannot be tamed
too often they try to clip my wings and put
me on a pedestal,
but i will respond like medusa
look them right in the eye
turn them all to
stone;
because i am no one’s prize
just the flames of hope and love and passion
and dreams.

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