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• Glass

  After trauma I kept repeating reactions to it as if I was fighting with a ghost. I felt really humiliated when the same experiences happened again. My friends and family looked at me like I was crazy. What’s wrong with her she used to be a smart girl. Why can’t she figure this out. The…

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  December 29, 2021

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• Drama king

  You said you hated all the fighting that you got into with your friends on group chat and you couldn’t stand the drama You were misunderstood by your team you said No one seemed to understand your off-brand wisdom I worked to the bone to unravel your complicated mess because you looked at me with…

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  December 23, 2021

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• Comraderie

  In the fight against the world, we fought on the same side, for the same cause. We’re brothers, you said Then you slept with other girls. You always wanted to be right. In love, you treated me like a woman. I tried to teach you to be my equal. But you only knew how to…

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  December 20, 2021

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• The fall of summer

  The taste of apple, kale and ginger reminds me of the first day of fall, maybe even before that actually, more like the first day in the summer when you knew it was ending. The memory of summer feels like one long day that turned into one long night. Warm and hazy, I swam through…

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  November 13, 2021

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• I saw your pain everywhere

  I started doing the things I wanted I used to be afraid to enjoy myself out of fear that you’d want revenge But today I enjoyed it anyway And I saw beyond your anger I saw your denial I saw your pain everywhere Everywhere You consuming overwhelming awesome aching pain It was more real than…

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  October 21, 2021

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• Digesting

  Pain is something you digest Soak it in acid Break it down Get to the bad parts The mad memories The person you were when you were weak When you face the pain you break it Break it down Into crumbles Until you can pick apart the truths And get the nutrients you need from…

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  September 18, 2021

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• Parting the flood

  Unsteady Waivering Like the hunter’s pupils up close oscillating rapidly to maintain focus and depth perception You approach like a car driving into a flooded street Pushing through the water, water parting at your sides and levelling to the ground by the sheer force and movement Determined, it’s enough to fuel you through the tide…

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  September 7, 2021

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