I Don't

July 7, 2015

I don't live today

to please you tomorrow

I don't live today

to be some kind of martyr

to your sorrows

I don't live today

to be your hero

depend on me not

let your fears go

as I say to you

and only you

I don't live today

to fucking please you.

-Julien Grey

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