They don’t like me.
They do.
Try and be nice.
I did
They don’t.
Maybe you’re not
Being nice enough.
Ok now I am
I am now
I am
Still am
I am still
Ok now I can’t.
Why don’t they like me?
Because you didn’t try?
Are you deaf?
I tried
Then I tried again
And again
Again and again
I tried
Yet they don’t.
Still.
Maybe you need to stop
Trying then.
Huh.
Hmm.
Oh.
But I don’t like
Being by myself.
That’s cause you
Don’t like yourself
Try that first.
Huh
Oh
Hmm.
How?
See there
Right there
That right there
You idiot
That’s
What’s
wrong
with you.
Your NEED for
approval.
© Jay Kaushal
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