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Neha Chaware

Abstract Tragedy Inspirational

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Neha Chaware

Abstract Tragedy Inspirational

403 Hamlet Leisey Street

403 Hamlet Leisey Street

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403 Hamlet Leisey street

Where you don’t belong

City pin - 89934, I wrote

And dropped it in the mailbox

Hoping it would reach her


At 403 Hamlet Leisey, She looked in the mirror

The dull eyes looked back,

With all the weight, She had gained

on that skeleton

And on her ugly face

Underneath those freckles


Still looking at the mirror

She sat on the grass

The sun was going down,

It was getting dark

But not darker than it was

For the eyes in her heart


For the last time

She picked up her phone

And scrolled down through all the hate

Booming on her social media page

Writing all those words

In her head


She wasn’t perfect

Wasn’t what she had seen them be

After everything she had done

To fix herself she failed

She was the mistake

That god had made


She was tired of

Always seeing the world

Through the tears

Rolling down her cheek

But then she laughed in relief,

Knowing today would be the last time


She closed her eyes through the chaos

Her heart started to beat faster

And faster

And when she was about to end it

She heard a knock

And The doorbell rung


Startled she got up

Dragging herself to the door

And saw a letter slide down

At her feet, Addressed to her

it was By a writer unknown

To her, to her alone


She tore open the envelope

And sure it was not a mistake

Her n

ame is at the top and a poem below

But the sender's anonymous

She began reading the words

For the first time through the chaos

Her soul was silent


The letter read,

Hi, I am the tears in your eyes

The pain in your heart

And the fighter in your soul

I was the one who

Heard your voice through the screams

That one voice begging you

To not give up on yourself

I am the words you told your heart

When they said you aren’t good enough

The words you told your heart

When they said you don’t fit in your dress

The words you told your heart

When they said no one likes you

The words when they called you a mistake

I am the words you told the heart,

That, It will be okay

Today I will tell you

That you are beautiful

You are all that beauty that was carried away

In the storm of what people think of you

In the storm of social media comments

In the storm of comparison and judgment

Today I will give you the courage

To stand up on those feet at which this letter fell

And find yourself in this storm

I will give you the courage

To let your heart know

That you are good enough

You cannot shatter in the chaos of other’s opinions

Look at the scrambled address, the name of your street

Reordered they spell out, I hate myself

But do you have a reason to?

Perfect is a myth

And somewhere deep inside I know you know it

Bring yourself out of that corner of your heart

And you now know how beautiful you are


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