She seems to always get into have become adept at empathy Always giving excuses for people who’ve aggrieved hero the point it’s hard for her to hit back when necessary All because she assumes she ‘understands’Then, one day. . . She finally stands up for herself At that moment, she revels in the natural instinct of self-preservation She realizes all this while the power she’s been withholding In a transcendent moment of epiphany It’s all beautiful ‘cause Now, she can get back to empathy with understanding, rather, than without.

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