Giving
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Malaika Saleem, Grade 9
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Poetry
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2022
I start writing only to exceed the word limit,
my plants always overwatered,
I smile until it strains me.
I start writing only to quit halfway,
my plants always decaying,
I frown until my jaw pains.
And I ask myself is it too much,
when is it too much?
how do I balance
between always giving too little or too much?