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Not The Only One Saniya P.
Dear Society, Hey it’s me The REAL me I’m done living by your expectations Through with all the hesitations To stand up Raise my head high with all the other people Who are tired of you too But yet here I am pretending to know the lyrics to a rap song that spits faster then The anxious drumming of my heartbeat Forcing a laugh when my “friends” tell a joke they got no business telling Stretching a smile to the suggestive dialogue they blamed was a slip of the tongue As their influence starts to cloud my judgment, taking a toll on my innocent mind So while they took bets on who would be the first to throw up at the party tonight I twist my head and glance out the window Two girls playing hopscotch caught my attention Oddly enough a flashback of my friend Hope came to mind between the girls’ giggles and laughs
Almost as if I could hear it say I wasn’t the only one, I’m not alone I could escape the world of growing up too fast maybe
