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Not Good Enough
Am I not good enough
Should I apologize
Because to you it seems
That I am not good enough
Because I'm too sensitive
And I get upset over stuff that I shouldn't be
Because I'm too weak
That I can't talk back even if I wanted to
Because I don't deserve it
Because if you look at my eyes and you will see happiness
But what if you you looked inside of me
You will never know the truth
You look at my forced smile
And you think it is real
But you don’t look deeper into my soul
To see that I am not what you see on the outside
Should I apologize
Because I am not good enough
Because I'm a disappointment
To my parents who think I'm spoiled
Because I'm a bad role model
To my sisters who always cause trouble
Because I'm a bad liar
And I even can't lie without stalling
Should I apologize
Because in your eyes
I am not good enough
Should I apologize
That I am a dereliction in your heart
That I am a nugatory mount of debris
That you're waiting to get rid of
At the garbage dump far far away
So that there’s no way to go back
Should I apologize
Even though I'm trying every day
To be good enough
To be the person you want me to be
But you can't see it
Can you
Either you're blind
Or you don't care enough to see it
But maybe it's the truth
Maybe I'm just not good enough
Should I apologize
That I still haven't given up
I wish you weren't so blind
That you can't see I'm trying
To be
Good
Enough
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This is a very deep and powerful poem about not being good enough for the world and questioning myself.