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I felt the terror of loathing towards myself,
I f elt the t er r or of loa thing t o w ar ds m y self ,
The day you suppressed the gleam in me.
T he da y y ou suppr essed the gleam in me .

y ta
t of y
on
ou with m
ed in fr
tt
I stagger
ed
er

I staggered in front of you with my tattered
hear t , and m y fr a y ed clothes .
heart, and my frayed clothes.
I scr
, ba
eeched
wled

, pleaded
I screeched, bawled, pleaded
a
r

,

er in y
tic monst
ou
But the erratic monster in you,
But the er
en

v
y innoc
a
Craved for my innocent gleam.
t gleam.
or m
C
ed f
r
nd those unc
allies and
And those uncontrollable rallies and
A

tr
on
ollable r
conventions of reporters who were ready to
c on v en tions of r epor t ers who w er e r eady t o
celebrate my adversity,
c elebr a t e m y adv ersit y ,
t
er
or af
r

eeling of t
But I sustained this f
er all
But I sustained this feeling of terror after all
.
ears

these years.
these y
e the same falt
w I am no mor
ing
er
A
nd no
And now I am no more the same faltering
unsteady child.
unst eady child .
- MINNAH AYOOB,
- MINNAH A Y OOB ,
MIT , Y EAR 1
MIT, YEAR 1