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You were always

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The_boy_that_didn't_like

S°p°o°r°t°s

A.n.d didn't mind

"W"earin"g" a

t/u/x

To his aunt's w`e`d`d´i´n´g

And liked

S~a~p~p~y

Romances

Then you f. oun .d out

\There\ was \a\

R

E

A

S

O

N

Your -mom- is the

¨¨G;o;d;d;e;s;s¨¨

Of {*Love*}

And beauty

And you have siblings

=who=are=

L

I

K

E

YOU

so''maybe''you''are''not''so

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Then you notice the OtHeR c,a,m,p,e,r,s

AnD yOu SeE

That\you're/still

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Because you h\a|v/e

The !best! looks

But s-o-m-e of them ¬are¬ lOOkers too

And strong

And s+m+a+r+t

And kind

And what are you?

W e a k

E|m|p|t|y

(V)(a)(i)(n)

0NE brother |among| sisters

That's so weird

B^e^c^a^u^s^e when one ..thinks..

:*:Aphrodite:*:

O-n-e thinks

B*E*A*U*T*I*F*U*L

,G,

,I,

,R,

,L,

,S,

And_ you |ARENOT| one

So you don't °f.i.t°

Any\°/where

~Then~she~came~

And_she_is GoRgEoUs

But sO are yOu

And. .you. .think

She is

W e a k

E|m|p|t|y

(V)(a)(i)(n)

Just Like You

Then m`o´m ble_ss_ed her

Doesn't MeaN «much»

Maybe she h/a/s

An i˘n˘t˘e˘r˘e˘s˘t˘i˘n˘g

{#}Love{#} life

B¬u¬t she's got a q;u;e;s;t

+And+she+looks+

L…o…s…t

But before she /left\

(just before)

She shows a spark

Just a little

;Enough; to surprise

_then_she's_gone_

Everything is ⁾⁽back⁾⁽ to normal

The New normal

Dictatorial, ,r,estrict

D

,R,

E

W

Normal

And you're ≈still≈ the same

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Like you've #always# been

Like you'll #always# be

Then she's |back|

And you're SPeeCHLEss

Because b:e:for:e: she was

*Pretty*

Now she is

*G*l*o*w*i*n*g*

≠Before≠ she had

A \/spark\/

°Now° she is

In \/\fla\/mes/\/

And {b[ef(o)r]e} she was

.-.different.-.

-Now-she-is-

°|°Unique°|°

And she shows you ThaT noT everyThing

Is what it sEEms

And things

Can change

*£/Charmspeak/£* can be Used for good

/Children/ of ¨'Aphrodite'¨ can fight

LEADERS#don't#have#to#be#TYRANTS

And you don't have to be

W e a k

E|m|p|t|y

(V)(a)(i)(n)

Because you +look+ g:o:o:d

So maybe

If she is so S.T.R.O.N.G

C/l/e/v/e/r

¨C¨a¨r¨i¨n¨g¨

You CAN too

_And_you_won't_be_

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Anymore

So, that was about a son of Aphrodite who has always felt different from everyone else, even his own siblings. We really don't hear much about the male children of that goddess, and the idea wouldn't stop bothering until I wrote it down.

Please review if you like it and if you didn't, too. It would mean a lot to me.

Hanna