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He is All I Need


I can't live without him.
 
Rather, I wouldn't be alive if it weren't for him.
 
He loved me when I was so empty that I might as well have been a corpse
 
And because of his love I never became that corpse, rotting six feet under the ground.
 
He taught me how love, not him, but myself 
 
And I fell in love with myself as he fell in love with me. 
 
He learned every part of the anxiety and depression that I was made from
 
And I learned how to open myself up without falling apart.
 
He showed me that my flaws did not make me worthless
 
And I began to stand a little taller. 
 
He told me that I was beautiful 
 
And I finally saw that I was no longer the corpse that he first laid eyes on.
 
He brought me back life
 
And I can't live without him
 
Because without him I wouldn't be alive. 
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Shai1738
<p>Your poem touched me. It was soooo beautiful!!</p>

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