Composed 12/16/17
Description: Inspired by life and the Daily Prompt: Meager.
No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
I had already given myself the talk
My worth is not based on
accomplishment, talent
I had already given up
talentless, hopeless
I should move on, forget it
This hobby, this dream
Then expectation overturned, reversed
giddiness, excitement
All was not as it seemed
Then passion, pride burned
In my chest as I freed
My own heart from this self-inflicted curse
Merely a meager word
Changed the course
Of my own history
Realization, turns pensive
Despite my faculties
I still allow others to own me
Scraps of Paper 
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