She said Sorry

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She said sorry too often.
She apologized for apologizing too
Much.
She said sorry like it was a greeting.
She apologized for everything that goes
Wrong.
Because she labeled herself a
Disaster.
She was sorry for not being good
Enough.
Because no one ever told her she was
Good enough.
No one ever told her she was
something more than
The mess inside her head and the
Tsunami inside her heart.
So all she learned was to apologize for
Every single breath she took.

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