You Thought Things Would Be Different

You Thought Things Would Be Different
Didn’t You?
Melissa Steussy
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Feb 13
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Photo by pawel szvmanski on UnsplashYou are still the same person
And being on a beach in a yellow dress
Is not going to change that.
Did you think your fears would dissipate once
You passed the line into
A sunnier state?
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Written by Melissa Steussy
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You Thought Things Would Be Different

Didn’t You?

Written by Melissa Steussy

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