Self-Loathing

I try not

To take it

Personally

When not even my own

Reflection

Can bear to look

At me

It hurts

It cuts deep

And the only thing

That hurts more

Cuts deeper

Than this self-loathing

Is the feeling

That this is never

Going

To change

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Response to the Word of the Day Challenge prompt: personal

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