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The Cost of Perfection by Rue

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All I ever wanted was her love and affection.
Her time.
I rarely ever got that.

What did I get instead?
Costly gifts and things I never needed.
Did I ask for them? No.
Did I feel happy about her spending so much money on me? No.

So why the hell does she keep buying me these expensive things?
She never gave me what I actually needed,
What I asked her for.

These costly things are useless.
Just for decoration.
Just to look pretty.

But who cares about being pretty
When you're barely holding it together,
Trying to get good grades,
Trying to be the perfect daughter—
The perfect everything.
Just for my parents.

Just for them.

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Just a teenager writing poems based on real-life scenarios.