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I will not be the punchline. I will not be the definition of the joke you aimlessly threw at me. I remember in school when people would tell me that sticks and stones may break my bones but words would never hurt me. I can't help but feel the words hurt me. And maybe the broken bone would hurt more than the words they threw at me, but a broken bone would always heal. But the words? They didn't They would stay with me until I started loving myself. And even then, they'd always be at the back of my mind.
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Jan 31, 2015
Jan 31, 2015 at 11:04 AM UTC
punchline
I will not be the punchline. I will not be the definition of the joke you aimlessly threw at me. I remember in school when people would tell me that sticks and stones may break my bones but words would never hurt me. I can't help but feel the words hurt me. And maybe the broken bone would hurt more than the words they threw at me, but a broken bone would always heal. But the words? They didn't They would stay with me until I started loving myself. And even then, they'd always be at the back of my mind.
abbie-crawford
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Jan 31, 2015
Jan 31, 2015 at 11:04 AM UTC
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