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“why do you love pain so much?” you ask. “because it knows me well.” i reply. “every inch of you?” a smile creeps up on my face. “every trickle of a tear, every drip of blood, every trace of a scar.” "and it doesn’t hurt you?” and with this, I could have laughed, because what kind of question was that? but I didn’t. because it wasn’t pain that hurt me. i loved pain because of its ability to dig into flesh. because of its ability to gouge into hearts. because it's the only reassurance that I am alive. because of its ability to help me back up, because I needed vengeance. because of its ability to hurt you.
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Mar 15, 2016
Mar 15, 2016 at 6:58 AM UTC
Pain Is Not What Hurts Me
“why do you love pain so much?” you ask. “because it knows me well.” i reply. “every inch of you?” a smile creeps up on my face. “every trickle of a tear, every drip of blood, every trace of a scar.” "and it doesn’t hurt you?” and with this, I could have laughed, because what kind of question was that? but I didn’t. because it wasn’t pain that hurt me. i loved pain because of its ability to dig into flesh. because of its ability to gouge into hearts. because it's the only reassurance that I am alive. because of its ability to help me back up, because I needed vengeance. because of its ability to hurt you.
adrienne-menor
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Mar 15, 2016
Mar 15, 2016 at 6:58 AM UTC
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