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Column: Inside the insecure

Sometimes I feel thinner than yesterday Sometimes I wonder if this body’s mine Sometimes I burn with power like lion prey Sometimes I wilt like a vine left to dry Sometimes I speak and shine with brilliance Sometimes I drift through silence and haze Sometimes I rise with sharp confidence Sometimes I’m lost, just circling […]
<a href="https://highschool.latimes.com/author/sophiaeckermann19/" target="_self">Ingrid Eckermann</a>

Ingrid Eckermann

July 15, 2025

Sometimes I feel thinner than yesterday
Sometimes I wonder if this body’s mine
Sometimes I burn with power like lion prey
Sometimes I wilt like a vine left to dry

Sometimes I speak and shine with brilliance
Sometimes I drift through silence and haze
Sometimes I rise with sharp confidence
Sometimes I’m lost, just circling a maze

Sometimes I smile in comfort and light
Sometimes I smile when anxious or shy
Sometimes I cry alone in the night
Sometimes I cry and don’t know why

Sometimes I laugh from joy, carefree
Sometimes I laugh to mask my pain
Sometimes the mirror feels kind to me
Sometimes I stare and question if I’m sane

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