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In the Shadow of You

By Sparkler Bree

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I guess I'll always be in the shadow of you Everything I do, you do ten times better. I want my spotlight, But you always seem to steal it. This isn't supposed to be a competition I thought it was a relationship But you make me feel bad at every turn. For once I want to do something and have you not there. Not there to take the spotlight from me and put it on you. You say I have no confidence, But how can I when you are always there Ready to say something funnier than me wittier than me smarter than me And you wonder why I put you down whenever I can. Because you don't ever let me out of your shadow.I feel like sh*t. You tell me to join this thing, but while you get 15 comments, I can't even get 2. Written March 25th, 2002 © on Mar 24 2002 04:09 PM PST   0 • 1

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