Song of ordinaryBY RF
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25 March 2025 · 9:42 am

10 ways to get rejected

#love#moody

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Before even you think to try 1 don't ask for the application 2 don't even think to apply "you're so out of my league" "I can't ask you out" "That book I told you I'd read yeah, I can't even begin to tell you what it's about" "You remind me of my ex" "I've just never been with someone like you before" "I used to be a nice guy I don't pretend to be anymore" "Nobody watch the video it's never gonna sell" you're insecure and it's getting in your way that part's incredibly easy to tell "I can't walk in they won't like me" "I can't say that they'll think I'm weird" I wonder who you would be if you let go of all those things you've always feared I'm gonna get rejected maybe, yeah but only by you give someone else a chance to say no as well too "I'm not good enough it would never happen" "It's not made for people like me" I wonder how successful you'd become if you just allowed yourself to be "but the people..." what people? "don't make fun of--" okay and you think someone becomes Picasso by making art everyone will understand? La Guernica is being studied in books so people think it's like two inches tall how are you gonna be heard if you don't even stay in the room at all the letters of rejection aren't being sent because you are not letting them to be written why are you so hell bent, No the letters of rejection aren't being sent you're not letting them to be written because you're so hell bent on believing yourself a failure when a success you're meant to be there's no dam way you're not messing with me how to get rejected that's the book you wanna start how to fail the test even though you're incredibly smart how to fall for the one person that won't like you back how to have your baggage overweight with stuff you didn't even need to pack how to pick the wrong job the wrong major the wrong career but you're one step closer to the right one I hear, ten ways, that's it but we rejected ourselves everyday "no I can't send that" "that's such a stupid thing to say" "they deserve better" the somersaults of doubt "they don't wanna be my friend they're only nice to me for clout" "they don't think I'm talented they pity me behind the scenes" tell me who's in the way of all of those dreams "my dream person is probably married already" "of course I'm gonna end up alone" you're getting a call from your biggest hater but surprise It's YOU on the phone my biggest rejections weren't the said no's it's the versions of me who smirked as I fell to the deepest flows and a loudspeaker inserted someone else's voice how to get rejected you mean opposite is it a choice? I'm gonna hold your hand when I say this get out of your own damn way because why would someone reject you if you've already rejected yourself anyway

— RF

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