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You understand what I’m telling you, Tommy? You have a light inside you, and the only person who gets to decide whether that light shines or not is you.

T.L. Martin

If there ever was a time not to be fragile, this is it.
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Fragile Time Vulnerable
He’s just as fucked up as the rest of us. Some of us just wear our creep on our sleeves.
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Appearance Hard Time Ourselves Struggle
I suppose it was easier to pretend I didn’t exist than it was to exorcise my demons.
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Demon Easy Existence Myself Pretend
We have no use for people who don’t want to be here.
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People Requirement Willing
Crawl inside this body, find me where I am most ruined – love me there.
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Body Love Myself Ruin
I part my lips, but no words come out. I want to cry. Want to beg. Want to scream. But mostly, I want to hold him until I know he’s going to be okay. Then I want him to hold me until I’m okay, too.
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Cry Hold On Lips Love Myself Relationship Word
It’s just a question. A question whose answer no longer has the power to hurt me.
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Hurt Myself Power Question
Instead of ignorance, I tasted what it might be like to finally be me. I didn’t give a show this time. I had no plan, no calculations. No scolding voice inside my head. For a little while, I was free.
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Calculation Freedom Head Ignorance Myself Planning Taste Time Voice
Pushing out a breath, I lean against the wall and slide to the floor. I sit beside her for as long as it takes. Listening until her sobs fade and the shower turns on.
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Breathe Fade Floor Herself Listening Shower
Do not judge my story by the chapter you walked in on.
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Chapter Judgement Story Walk Yourself
Before I found an outlet through sex and blood.
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Blood Myself Sex
Maybe she’d try to understand that the dark images muddled my brain until it hurt, until I had no choice but to let them out.
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Darkness Hurt Image Myself Try Understand
I can resist everything except temptation.
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Feeling Myself Resistance Temptation
The conversation between your fingers and someone else’s skin. This is the most important discussion you can ever have.
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Conversation Discussion Fingers Skin Yourself
Darkness watches me from every angle. My only friend. From its own place within the silence, it speaks to me in a strange way.
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Angle Darkness Friendship Myself Place Silence Strange Talk
Hatred’s the fuel that keeps me alive.
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Alive Hate Myself

You understand what I’m telling you, Tommy? You have a light inside you, and the only person who gets to decide whether that light shines or not is you.

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