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I Surrender
January 10, 2022
Everyone’s always writing poetry about heartbreak: a lover, a friend
What about when you’re breaking your own heart?
I tear myself down
Every. F**king. Day.
I look in the mirror and hate what I see
All these mean comments they’re coming from me
I surrender
I could blame society for its expectations
I could blame others for their rude comments
I could blame my mother for this mentality
But at the end of the day…
It’s me
I should be strong enough to fight
To love myself
But I’m too tired to combat this war inside my head
I surrender
I’m too tired to build this defense
I surrender
So please just let me be
I surrender!
© MacMillan
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I think I included a lot about myself in this piece. The poem, obviously, is about self-loathing which I know a lot about, and so do many other teenagers. Mental health is very prevalent in society today, and I think my poem speaks to lengths about what it's like to hate the person you are inside and out.