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And you can’t outrun something you can’t see.

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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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Cry Hold On Lips Love Myself Relationship Word
Hatred’s the fuel that keeps me alive.
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Alive Hate Myself
Let your plans be dark and impenetrable as night, and when you move, fall like a thunderbolt.
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Darkness Move Night Planning Yourself
My eyes shut as the fire in my lungs reaches my throat.
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Eyes Fire Hard Time Myself Reach Shut Throat
He 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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Himself Love Myself Relationship Sight
It’s time to see what happens when I fly.
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Fly Myself See Time
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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Decision Light Person Shine Talk Understand Yourself
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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Break Cleaning Feeling Heart Heart Broken Hurt Myself
Maybe I’ve dragged myself through the mud since then, but even mud hardens beneath your shoes. I must be standing on a mountain of it by now. And no one can touch me from way the hell up here.
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Hard Hell Myself Stand Touch
Eva’s an enigma, and she’s my enigma. My secret. My lifeline.
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Herself Life Love Myself Relationship Secret
Before I found an outlet through sex and blood.
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Blood Myself Sex
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
Doesn’t he know I want everything? And in return, I’ll give him all of me.
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Himself Love Myself Relationship Return
You are my blue crayon, the one I never have enough of, the one I use to color my sky.
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Blue Crayon Enough Myself Sky
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
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

And you can’t outrun something you can’t see.

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