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I’ve got to sleep. Sleep is my only way to escape.

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The voice of every kid hooked on drugs, alcohol or the occult joins the sad chorus “Not me! I didn’t think it could ever happen to me. I was sure I could handle it.
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Kids Thinking Voice
Lying – remembering beauty in truth.
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Beauty Lying Remember Truth
How can thoughts hurt so much when they aren’t even physical?
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Hurt Physical Thought
How is it possible for me to be so miserable and embarrassed and humiliated and beaten an function still talk and smile and concentrate?
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Embarrassed Function Miserable
Why is life so difficult? Why can’t we be just ourselves and have everyone accept us the way we are?
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Accepting Difficult Way
I can’t believe that I changed so little. I expected to look old and hollow and gray, but I guess it’s only me on the inside that has shriveled and deteriorated.
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Believe Littles Looks
I’ve got to sleep. Sleep is my only way to escape.
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Escape Sleep Way
I’m not really sure which parts of myself are real and which parts are things I’ve gotten from books.
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Book Part Real Really
Maybe the new me will be different.
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Different Maybe New
The complete bottom has fallen out of my life.
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Bottom Complete Fallen Life
I’m partly somebody else trying to fit in and say the right things and do the right thing and be in the right place and wear what everybody else is wearing.
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Kids Shadow Thinking
I pretend I’ve got lots of confidence and I’m a big jock and like that but deep inside I’m a frightened, insecure, can’t-make-it failure.
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Frightened Insecure Jocks
It’s a good thing most people bleed on the inside or this would be a gory, blood-smeared earth.
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Blood Life People
This morning when I left Mom’s parting words were, “Come straight home after school.” Wow! Like I’m going to get stoned at 3:30—it doesn’t sound so bad at that.
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Home Mom Morning
I guess I’ll never measure up to anyone’s expectations. I surely don’t measure up to what I’d like to be.
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Expectations Like Measure
I wouldn’t intentionally hurt anyone in this whole world. I wouldn’t hurt them physically or emotionally, how then can people so consistently do it to me?
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Hurt People Stupid

I’ve got to sleep. Sleep is my only way to escape.

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