Really see me. Then I remember who I am, and that no one wants to see the parts of me I try so hard to hide. It’s a plain fact, not something I pity.
T.L. MARTINHe doesn’t look at me like he’s owed anything. He looks at me like I’ve already given him everything.
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Not everyone knows what to do when they come across a snowflake in the desert.
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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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The conversation between your fingers and someone else’s skin. This is the most important discussion you can ever have.
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Art is a private piece of me.
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You are my blue crayon, the one I never have enough of, the one I use to color my sky.
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Heartache is my constant companion, and we’re perfect for one another. Two co-dependent peas in a pod. My past and my future.
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All the hardest, coldest people you meet were once as soft as water. And that’s the tragedy of living.
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The prince of darkness is a gentleman.
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I suppose it was easier to pretend I didn’t exist than it was to exorcise my demons.
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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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I felt it. I heard the snap of my heart tearing in half. It wasn’t a messy, dirty rip like I’d expected, but a smooth, clean line that knew just where to break to hurt me the most.
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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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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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When half the town, law enforcement included, has paid the woman in question for an ‘adult evening,’ it’s almost impressive how quickly she loses credibility.
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Crawl inside this body, find me where I am most ruined – love me there.
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