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- Story Listed as: True Life For Teens
- Theme: Drama / Human Interest
- Subject: Poems & Songs
- Published: 11/09/2023
Never Good Enough
Born 2007, F, from Florida, United States![Never Good Enough](/storage/story/story_65A9C3FD-444C-FCD4-440B-0382ED876FA3-image(248x285-crop).jpeg)
Why do I question my choices?
Why am I hearing these voices?
A ringing in my ear
Threatening all I have and all I hold dear
"You'll Never Be Good Enough" They tell me
"You'll never bloom, you're just a weed."
A weed is what kills
What blooms is what grows
I am running for the hills
Desperate, to find my way home
Smile, they say
Get good grades, have a nice day
It's not a nice day
I live in fear, I'm afraid
I'm afraid of everything thats big or small
I'm afraid of everything thats going to force me to fall
Fall down into this hole
Falling into the grasp, as I am chained up by my soul
The wicked laughter, it feeds
Feeds on my fears, feeds on my tears
Feeds on my regrets, feeds on the thoughts filling up the brain in my head
All those things I said, I wish I never said
All those things I never said, I wish I said
All those things I did do, I wish I didn't do
All those things I didn't do, I wish I did do
But no
I'm played around like a little barbie doll
I am a puppet on your strings
Every wound, every bruise, every scar, every mark, they all sting
My heart, stings
As a broken heart is the biggest wound of all
Can't be fixed, can't be stitched back up
As my heart was played and broken by you!
I have nothing left to do
I have nothing left to choose
I just stay in every night and day
Crying in my room
"You're not good enough" you say
I'm an impossible mess that can't be clean
I can't clean up the mess that is me, the mess that you made
So tell me my dear
Why will I never be good enough?
Is it because of who I am?
And what do I see, in the mirror?
We see the same thing in me
And now I can see everything, crystal clear
Never Good Enough(Regan)
Why do I question my choices?
Why am I hearing these voices?
A ringing in my ear
Threatening all I have and all I hold dear
"You'll Never Be Good Enough" They tell me
"You'll never bloom, you're just a weed."
A weed is what kills
What blooms is what grows
I am running for the hills
Desperate, to find my way home
Smile, they say
Get good grades, have a nice day
It's not a nice day
I live in fear, I'm afraid
I'm afraid of everything thats big or small
I'm afraid of everything thats going to force me to fall
Fall down into this hole
Falling into the grasp, as I am chained up by my soul
The wicked laughter, it feeds
Feeds on my fears, feeds on my tears
Feeds on my regrets, feeds on the thoughts filling up the brain in my head
All those things I said, I wish I never said
All those things I never said, I wish I said
All those things I did do, I wish I didn't do
All those things I didn't do, I wish I did do
But no
I'm played around like a little barbie doll
I am a puppet on your strings
Every wound, every bruise, every scar, every mark, they all sting
My heart, stings
As a broken heart is the biggest wound of all
Can't be fixed, can't be stitched back up
As my heart was played and broken by you!
I have nothing left to do
I have nothing left to choose
I just stay in every night and day
Crying in my room
"You're not good enough" you say
I'm an impossible mess that can't be clean
I can't clean up the mess that is me, the mess that you made
So tell me my dear
Why will I never be good enough?
Is it because of who I am?
And what do I see, in the mirror?
We see the same thing in me
And now I can see everything, crystal clear
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Shelly Garrod
11/17/2023Nice work on your poem Regan. A very strong and powerful use of words. Well done. As I was reading this I could feel your pain and self-doubt. Well deserving of Short Story Star of the Day.
Blessings, Shelly
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Lillian Kazmierczak
11/17/2023Wow, that was powerful! Words used as weapons are so painful. That someone you love would abuse that love and use it against you angers me! So many dont have the courage to leave that situation. Thank you for the well written reminder! Congratulations on short story star of the day!
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Shirley Smothers
11/17/2023A powerful peice. Self doubt and second guessing oneself is a chaotic downfall. I see myself in this story. Congratulations on Story Star of the Day.
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Regan
11/17/2023Thank you so much. I am sorry you feel this way. It's always an unfortunate feeling but it's good knowing that we're never alone.
Thank you!
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JD
11/16/2023I'm not sure why this was categorized as 'inspirational' since it seems the opposite, but it is certainly a powerful and emotional work that speaks to a broken self image we all experience at times in life. Thank you for sharing these words with us, Regan. Happy short story star of the day.
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Regan
11/17/2023Thank you so very much. And inspirational, I will have to fix. Thanks for pointing that out.
And thank you for your comment and support!
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Nsizwa D kubheka
11/14/2023This was a very interesting read. I think most people do wonder about being good enough especially in times of hardship and it does make them wonder if they really are good at something. I can assure you none know but we all fake it till we make. A very emotional short piece i must say.
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Regan
11/15/2023I thank you for your comment. Yes, we do fake it most of the time, in hopes of getting by our hardest moments. As some moments, you end up trembling so much, you're on your knees begging for forgivness when you're not at fault. I hope this piece finds you well and that you have a wonderful day.
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