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I want it gone. All of it. I start to clean. I remove all the dust that makes me sneeze, I remove the smudges on the mirror that have been bothering me. It's still too messy, I walk around. Picking up clothes, arranging books. I'm suffocating, I need some air. I open my window, light a candle that smells of happiness. Vaccuum the floor, throw away nonsense that has been laying on my desk for a while. I want all of it gone. I calm down, I recognize it again. I can be again.
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Feb 20, 2018
Feb 20, 2018 at 11:33 AM UTC
the cleaning metaphor
I want it gone. All of it. I start to clean. I remove all the dust that makes me sneeze, I remove the smudges on the mirror that have been bothering me. It's still too messy, I walk around. Picking up clothes, arranging books. I'm suffocating, I need some air. I open my window, light a candle that smells of happiness. Vaccuum the floor, throw away nonsense that has been laying on my desk for a while. I want all of it gone. I calm down, I recognize it again. I can be again.
I'm sick and tired of being sick and tired.
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27/Cisgender Female
Feb 20, 2018
Feb 20, 2018 at 11:33 AM UTC
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