Fucked up — Summary

Oh look she fucks up everything Never is anything she does right In any one's mind She wants to go home To hide in the shadows To most importantly Be herself She's so tired of pleasing others But not herself She deserves to be happy too Doesn't she She doesn't fuck everything up You just don't know her The demons inside of her Tearing her apart So when you throw your words You're just as bad as them But worse since Your words won't stop going through her head

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The poem starts by quoting the kind of cruel remark she hears all the time: she ruins everything, and nothing she does is ever good enough. Then the voice shifts. Halfway through, it stops repeating the insult and begins to answer it. The speaker describes someone exhausted from trying to please everyone else while neglecting herself. All she wants is to go home, hide in the shadows, and finally be herself.

The question "Doesn't she?" is the quietest moment. It sounds like someone who needs reassurance that she's allowed to be happy. The poem then pushes back directly: she doesn't fuck everything up, people just don't know her. The "demons inside" suggest she is already fighting her own private struggle.

The ending turns sharply toward the people doing the hurting. Those who throw words are called "just as bad" as the demons, even worse, because their words keep replaying in her head. The mood is raw, tired, and painful, but also defiant.

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