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                    You laughed at me because                                                       I                             was {helplessinlovefrailfragile}     weak.                       I hate being weak [and getting laughed at] /so    I {beratedscreamedvoweddetermined]          told myself that I                             would not be weak. And so: I trained, I saw, I conquered, I questioned, I hoped, I grew. And so: You watched, you stopped, you heard, you listened, you understood.    ---and like a rose---                  I unfurled                              and transformed before your very eyes