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the thing is, we've all waged war on ourselves. we've all been warriors against our own body, our own mind, thoughts. we've all told ourselves that the things we create are not good enough, that our hearts are not strong enough, that we are so small compared to this sinking earth, and we could never do anything about it except scream and scream from someplace high until someone hears us, saves us. we've all torn our bodies apart whether it be with our fingers, guiding razors, scratches, adorning our precious skin with purple bruises, red slashes. whether it be with our state of mind, shrinking ourselves, pitying ourselves. whether it be the acceptance of heartbreak, and the un-willingness to let it go. we try to find salvation in tiny, bitter pills, try to find love in our medication. the thing is, we've all held battlegrounds within ourselves and we're still so unkind. we've been a shelter for ****** genocides of creativity, and we've held car crashes of broken trains of thought, in our screaming and thrumming mind. we've held bombs within us, exploding, shattering inside, lodging us with painful reminders of what it is to be human, alive. the thing is, we're all war veterans, with both hidden and violent scars from fighting the lethal battle that is raging within. and that's okay. just know that you will win someday.
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Feb 3, 2014
Feb 3, 2014 at 10:25 AM UTC
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the thing is, we've all waged war on ourselves. we've all been warriors against our own body, our own mind, thoughts. we've all told ourselves that the things we create are not good enough, that our hearts are not strong enough, that we are so small compared to this sinking earth, and we could never do anything about it except scream and scream from someplace high until someone hears us, saves us. we've all torn our bodies apart whether it be with our fingers, guiding razors, scratches, adorning our precious skin with purple bruises, red slashes. whether it be with our state of mind, shrinking ourselves, pitying ourselves. whether it be the acceptance of heartbreak, and the un-willingness to let it go. we try to find salvation in tiny, bitter pills, try to find love in our medication. the thing is, we've all held battlegrounds within ourselves and we're still so unkind. we've been a shelter for ****** genocides of creativity, and we've held car crashes of broken trains of thought, in our screaming and thrumming mind. we've held bombs within us, exploding, shattering inside, lodging us with painful reminders of what it is to be human, alive. the thing is, we're all war veterans, with both hidden and violent scars from fighting the lethal battle that is raging within. and that's okay. just know that you will win someday.
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Feb 3, 2014
Feb 3, 2014 at 10:25 AM UTC
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