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Symptoms Include:


You’ve told you a million times already

You love me

You’d do anything for me

That I am yours forever

And there are some moments when I can say the same

 

But other days

 I wonder

 

Why do I feel this exhaustion around you

Why do I value the few moments away from you

 

Why when I look on WebMD my symptoms of you match with a parasite

 

Yes

A parasite

Do you know what parasites are?

What they do?

 

 S y m p t o m s   I n c l u d e

Fatigue

They suck the life out of you

They tire their victims emotionally and physically

Just like

How I give you everything

And you give nothing in return

 

S y m p t o m s   I n c l u d e

Clinginess and jealousy

Every time they go out

It clings to only one person:

The victim

Every waking moment it’s there

It gets jealous of time spent away just like you

 

S y m p t o m s   I n c l u d e

Guilt

The parasite thinks that their life is nothing without you  

Just as you say that you cannot survive without me

 

But I’m tired of living this way

Being suppressed by your wants

Living my live to your needs

 

T r e a t m e n t  I n c l u d e s

Antibiotic treatment with bothersome side affects

(Vomiting, nausea, diarrhea)

But the pain of detaching you from me

Is a good feeling compared to the one you caused 

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Comments (2)

merelymiyah
<p>Thanks so much!</p>
JustCourtney
<p>Love this. Love your style!</p>

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