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672 · Dec 2017
Dear therapist
Goldilost Dec 2017
My therapist told me that I was in an abusive relationship.
I laughed, and said I know.
You see,  when your whole life you've been neglected, abused, and taken advantage of, you search for small pieces of that in your soulmate.
I've turned down many men who would've treated me "right" but all I craved was wrong.
If they were never broken themselves how could they ever understand my pieces.  
I know it's not pretty, but I don't want to date a pretty man.
I don't want a man who eats privilege for breakfast in the morning, or had his whole life planned out for him before he was even born.
Every time I have a bad day I don't need to be greeted with chocolate and roses, I wouldn't even know how to accept that.
When he roars I see fire and it ignites my lust for him,  it's how I was taught love.
When he pushes me I find peace in the words of comfort after.
  I don't want a man who could punch me in the face, but sometimes when he gets mad I need that.
It's how broken people were taught to love.
I chase the danger that our loves sparks.
So dear therapist,
Don't worry about me, I'll be fine.
The day he put his hands around my throat, or injures my essence, is the day I walk out the door.
Don't worry therapist.
I know what I'm doing, I know what I've gotten myself into.
Walking away is what I'm good at.
I've been practicing my whole life.
352 · Dec 2017
up or down
Goldilost Dec 2017
Drowning
in my lack of self-confidence
I feel like a match
with nothing to light
just a burning flame
a tiny spark to the night
my fire used to roar
burning my obstacles to the ground
now it feels nearly impossible to get out of bed
life goes up-and-down

Losing
myself in this mind I call home
but home feels more like prison
and in here I'm all alone
barely making bills
hardly making ends
wasting away my life
playing pretend
life goes up-and-down

Drifting
in this body I was given
made bad choices never forgiven
hardly living
only surviving in the world
I should be thriving
instead I'm stuck in this rat race
constantly searching for love
in a world full of hate
does it even matter
when death is all of our fate
life goes up-and-down
Life is so fragile
341 · Dec 2017
never mind
Goldilost Dec 2017
Sinking through the bathroom floor
Lying in my own thoughts
Maybe they're tears
I don't know the difference anymore
Covered in disgust for myself
Or maybe it's *****
The worlds out of focus
Or maybe the rooms shaking
Never mind, that's just me
Falling through the floor
Being caught over and over in a web of regret
Am I the spider or its pray?
Blood, and ***** pouring down the drain
Silence fills the bathtub
It's raining,
never mind, that's the shower
The waters salty
Never mind, it's red
All this time,
Waiting to feel anything besides my thoughts

Why does it hurt so bad?
How can feeling nothing hurt so bad?

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