Toxicity

A Poem

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We see
what we want
in the people
we love

We hear
only the rumours
pleasing;
to our hearts

We notice
only the errors
we are willing
to forgive

and we
chase away
the people

that dare
to tell us
the truth.

©️Fọlábòmí Àmọ̀ó 2023

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