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There are many ways that you can define me: Womanizer Selfish Crazy Distasteful Despicable I will tell you this that how you define me is not me I am privileged to say That I can define myself That everybody has the right to define themselves But the problem is We are blinded by our own definitions of self We parish by our own definitions We stare at ourselves and our pasts only make us see Disappointment Ugliness Self-loathing Sadness Pain Pain is the one we've grown so accustomed to An old phrase says it is best to feel pain Instead of nothing But I would rather keep feeling joy forever Rather than feel a needle of pain again I feel hollowness I feel the pain of my past The darkness of my past Reach up and consume me Drag me in and tear me apart Piece by piece Until I think I know my definition of self And I feel numb I ponder my thoughts Try to see beyond I feel sad and alone But then... I see a bunch of figures Bright Peaceful Joyous Without the pain Though they were once like me I asked them what they did How they saved themselves From this pain They lead me to the Truth And left it wide open for me I feel calm At peace At rest with myself I remember how I once defined myself My past My failures My sins I now know that it doesn't define me I am a child I am a follower I am a disciple I am beautiful I am perfected I am an image I am the definition of me that I have always wanted
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Apr 16, 2014
Apr 16, 2014 at 2:14 AM UTC
The Definition of Me
There are many ways that you can define me: Womanizer Selfish Crazy Distasteful Despicable I will tell you this that how you define me is not me I am privileged to say That I can define myself That everybody has the right to define themselves But the problem is We are blinded by our own definitions of self We parish by our own definitions We stare at ourselves and our pasts only make us see Disappointment Ugliness Self-loathing Sadness Pain Pain is the one we've grown so accustomed to An old phrase says it is best to feel pain Instead of nothing But I would rather keep feeling joy forever Rather than feel a needle of pain again I feel hollowness I feel the pain of my past The darkness of my past Reach up and consume me Drag me in and tear me apart Piece by piece Until I think I know my definition of self And I feel numb I ponder my thoughts Try to see beyond I feel sad and alone But then... I see a bunch of figures Bright Peaceful Joyous Without the pain Though they were once like me I asked them what they did How they saved themselves From this pain They lead me to the Truth And left it wide open for me I feel calm At peace At rest with myself I remember how I once defined myself My past My failures My sins I now know that it doesn't define me I am a child I am a follower I am a disciple I am beautiful I am perfected I am an image I am the definition of me that I have always wanted
#love#peace#pain#hope#past#healing
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sked
26/M/Canadian
Apr 16, 2014
Apr 16, 2014 at 2:14 AM UTC
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