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The Sweet Smell of Freedom from the World

“I’ve had enough!”
She cries
thoughout the night.
“I’m done with
the terrible pressure
of the world.
I want it all to end.”

She looks to her friends
for the help she very much needs.
But no matter what
they never fully understand
her pain.

She looks at herself
and only sees
what she believes.
Believing she’s ugly.

She starves herself.
She puts herself down.
She cuts herself.
But none of it works.
Doesn’t please her enough.

So she meets the world of drugs.
And it works.
Makes her happy,
energetic,
pretty.

Until she wants more.
She never has enough
to please her.
She slowly deterioates.
Falls apart

Slowly,
surely,

her wish from the very beginning
is fufilled.
The pressure
finally goes away.
It all finally ends.

And she’s free.

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