[johnny]

Her victory is hollow. She's showing off the poetry to her friends and family with pride she doesn't possess, because she knows the poetry isn't hers. It's completely worthless. She paid for something that's worthless, she knows it's worthless. I bet every compliment is probably like a knife to the gut for her, but she keeps on lying to her self and others because she thinks that's what she needs to feel accomplished.

I find her story extremely sad, to be honest. The fact that she self-published stolen poetry speaks volumes about how low her self-esteem must be. She might not show it, but obviously the woman is full of self doubt and self loathing to the point where she just thought seeing her name in print would make it "better", no matter what the name was attached to.

It's a pity that you got hurt in all the mess, but just know that you still came out the better in the end of it all. You wrote poetry that someone thought was good enough to steal and be used as a source of pride and attention.