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I think I’m living in a box, trying to hide from you. I don’t like to lie, but what is true anymore? I’m sick to my stomach that you can think of me, claiming me as yours, when you didn’t work for anything. I feel like trash, I feel like dirt. Watching you take and take, and just sitting there with my eyes purposely closed. I was so lonely, I didn’t know what it felt like to really be touched. So I let myself get shut up inside this way. You’re like a greedy child who can’t keep their hands away. You don’t keep your hands away. And I feel useless. Of course I’m one of those. Of course I don’t leave. And remember the little girl who promised she’d never take this? I see the light from outside, but he’s not getting any closer. I don’t have him. I can’t have him.
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Feb 10, 2020
Feb 10, 2020 at 4:28 PM UTC
Light From Outside
I think I’m living in a box, trying to hide from you. I don’t like to lie, but what is true anymore? I’m sick to my stomach that you can think of me, claiming me as yours, when you didn’t work for anything. I feel like trash, I feel like dirt. Watching you take and take, and just sitting there with my eyes purposely closed. I was so lonely, I didn’t know what it felt like to really be touched. So I let myself get shut up inside this way. You’re like a greedy child who can’t keep their hands away. You don’t keep your hands away. And I feel useless. Of course I’m one of those. Of course I don’t leave. And remember the little girl who promised she’d never take this? I see the light from outside, but he’s not getting any closer. I don’t have him. I can’t have him.
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27/F/New York
Feb 10, 2020
Feb 10, 2020 at 4:28 PM UTC
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