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# Iced Coffee - Part 2
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*(Author's note: The first part of this is exactly the same as my original poem, "Iced Coffee". I included it both as a way to directly show my own growth in the poem and for convenience.)*
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*Iced coffee, on a cold Winter's day* \
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*Iced coffee, bittersweet at the taste* \
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*Do you see me? I probably fade* \
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*Fade into darkness, and I'll go away*
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Hmm....
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*Why can't you see me? This mirror is broken* \
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*Why can't you see me? I can't be this broken* \
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*Every line keeping me from satisfaction* \
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*I'm wondering why you can keep me in traction* \
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*I'm falling, I'm sinking, this love is a sinkhole* \
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*I don't understand why you keep me, this freakshow* \
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*I see you and there's so much better contestants* \
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*Competing and winning and gaining attention* \
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*And I'm consolation, the prize for obsession* \
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*Don't know why you'd even give me just a second*
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*Iced coffee, on a cold Winter's day* \
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*Iced coffee, bittersweet at the taste* \
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*Do you see me? I probably fade* \
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*Fade into darkness and I'll go away*
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*Hmmmm....* \
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*Hmmmm....* \
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*Hmmmm....* **(it's like... I don't really even know why I bother)** \
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*Hmmmm....* **(am I even worth paying attention to in the first place?)** \
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*Hmmmm....* \
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*Hmmmm....*
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*Iced coffee, on a cold Winter's day* \
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*Iced coffee, bittersweet at the taste* \
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*Now you see me, and I'll be okay* \
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*I have my darkness so far tucked away*
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(chuckle)
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*I never thought I would tell you I've accepted* \
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*That I've resolved all of my feelings of shame* \
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*I've moved on and found others who keep me present* \
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*Remind me that being alone is okay* \
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*I look back and think about that pain you caused me* \
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*And realize I should have voiced my refrain* \
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*You never owed me all your time and attention* \
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*You never owed me anything, just the same*
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*We both agree there are much bigger aggressions* \
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*Than anger from feeling abandoned or strayed* \
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*I'm happy to find some common resolution* \
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*I'm happy we don't talk and I'm not afraid* \
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*I feel so much better about my own presence* \
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*I feel so much better and now I can say* \
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*That drinking iced coffee no longer reminds me* \
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*Of feeling isolated from your embrace* \
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*So I wrote more verses to speak of acceptance* \
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*I'm closing the book on that unhappy moment*
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*Iced coffee, on a cold Winter's day* \
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*Iced coffee, bittersweet at the taste* \
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*Now you see me, and I'll be okay* \
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*I have my darkness so far tucked away*
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*Hmmmm....* \
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*Hmmmm....* \
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*Hmmmm....* **(I wrote "Iced Coffee" to express some feelings I had at the time)**\
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*Hmmmm....* **(and while those feelings were valid. I realize now)**\
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*Hmmmm....* **(that the insecurity I felt had more to do with my self-worth)**\
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*Hmmmm....* **(and my reliance on needing someone to hold onto)**\
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*Hmmmm....* **(in order to keep myself feeling happy and safe)**\
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*Hmmmm....* **(I just wanted to express that I've grown since then)**\
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*Hmmmm....* \
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*Hmmmm....* |