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Jessi Aug 2018
on the days
where I remember why I hate me the most

it helps to stand up long enough to do my brows.

because if I can focus that long, and stay on my feet for those fifteen minutes at 7:10am then I know that I will be strong enough to make it through the day.

it does not always work, and sometimes, I collapse halfway through the right one and crawl back to bed.  but three years ago, I couldn't even get to the mirror in the morning.

I think that's something.
Jessi Sep 2020
Hope and Hate are both four letter words.  

So how do I teach my son which one to believe in, when every day brings a brand new story on the news about police murdering another person who looks more like

Me than they do like Him?

Especially when I’m not sure myself.

— The End —