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I'll play a song for you, you who told me I was strong when the bruises raged on. I'll write you a melody, for you who was the armor against their words and happily sat in the sinking ship alongside me. you who turned your back on the world because nobody understood us, like us. You who knew every inch of me and I of you. You who knew when I was lying when I hadn't eaten- when my stitches had come undone in the middle of the night there you were, needle and thread in hand, without warning, simply because you just, knew. This song is for you, For the years you kept me company, for the looks you gave for the undying trust from keeping the knife from shedding my wrist for letting me know it's okay to break the rules to know there is no shame in who I am for letting me know day after day that I'm stronger than any, and I'm kind, and I'm worth it, and awesome, and... that I shouldn't care what people think because, because I'm all I need, and you'll always be here. But you're not here. So, I guess despite the unsewn stitches and long nights and month where I convinced myself I hated you... I guess it's true that I'm all I need. I've left behind who I was, our names no longer rhyme, you found someone else to rhyme with. But it's okay because I'm ignoring the pit in my stomach, the void in my heart, the voice I once used so often, I'm ignoring it all because- I'm all I need. so indeed, this song is for you. You who told me, from the start, I can do this alone. You, who is more like an imgainary friend I see ghost from place to place every now and then... This tune is for you.
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Apr 16, 2014
Apr 16, 2014 at 1:19 PM UTC
Onee-chan
I'll play a song for you, you who told me I was strong when the bruises raged on. I'll write you a melody, for you who was the armor against their words and happily sat in the sinking ship alongside me. you who turned your back on the world because nobody understood us, like us. You who knew every inch of me and I of you. You who knew when I was lying when I hadn't eaten- when my stitches had come undone in the middle of the night there you were, needle and thread in hand, without warning, simply because you just, knew. This song is for you, For the years you kept me company, for the looks you gave for the undying trust from keeping the knife from shedding my wrist for letting me know it's okay to break the rules to know there is no shame in who I am for letting me know day after day that I'm stronger than any, and I'm kind, and I'm worth it, and awesome, and... that I shouldn't care what people think because, because I'm all I need, and you'll always be here. But you're not here. So, I guess despite the unsewn stitches and long nights and month where I convinced myself I hated you... I guess it's true that I'm all I need. I've left behind who I was, our names no longer rhyme, you found someone else to rhyme with. But it's okay because I'm ignoring the pit in my stomach, the void in my heart, the voice I once used so often, I'm ignoring it all because- I'm all I need. so indeed, this song is for you. You who told me, from the start, I can do this alone. You, who is more like an imgainary friend I see ghost from place to place every now and then... This tune is for you.
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Apr 16, 2014
Apr 16, 2014 at 1:19 PM UTC
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