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Cage


That fear. Tell me what fear looks like. What fears keep [ ] captive? These thoughts are broken. What is it? What's written on that heart, is it breaking, binding, killing, like a knife, stabbing. The puncture of the knife, a twisting mutilation? I bet they look a lot like mine. Not pretty enoughNot skinny enoughNot smart enoughTalk moreThink moreBe moreDo more! Be anything but [ ] Tell me what [ ] think about. When [ ] can't fall asleep at night. When [ ]r ears are ringing. Thoughts singing The voices inside telling [ ] Not.Enough.Give.Up.Stop.Trying.Try.Dying.Maybe then...[ ] won't be alone Outrunning alone. Maybe then, they will have fixed [ ] that thousand foot crutch that keeps you s after they rip out every last vestige of what makes [ ] you. t Then maybe [ ] will be enough. When the day comes a [you] you look in the mirror and can’t recognize who was once staring [ ] back, SC(n)REAMING [ ] Tell me that [ ] are scared. d Tell me that it is difficult not to think sometimes! All alone. in Tell me how about how [ ] lost. Running. g Tell me about how he left. Tell me about how she left. Tell me how you (____) everything you ever had. (Lost) Tell me how they took everything [ ] had. Parts of [ ]. Didn't [ ] need those? Tell me about how it's never coming back. Oh but the memories, they return. Tell me about god. The story of how he _____ *gone* Dropped [ ]. Not good enough for him. Not now. Not ever. Left. Tell me about love STARING at [ ] all alone don't [ ]r eyes look beautiful while they glisten Tell me how dark the world looks through those lenses I'd bet YOU are in a crowd of people outrunning the invisibility. outrunning .alone.
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