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I’m not seven years old anymore

Sitting on the sidelines watching,

Thinking “I could never do that” and yet

Always my strength and balance are overtopped

By the sinking feeling of worthlessness

Never measuring up

The humiliation of failing in front of others is nothing

Compared to the death of confidence

Already rotting in my skull

Before I ever take the first step.

I see them flying, leaping tumbling running

And I know I can never do that,… Continue