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I was scrolling through Pinterest when I saw a drawing of a girl with flowers sprouting from her head watering herself I felt the scars on my thigh— the ones only I can see—begin to itch So I decided I would tattoo that drawing over my war marks so I’d never do something like that to myself again
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Aug 11, 2025
Aug 11, 2025 at 11:28 AM UTC
Because I Am a Garden
I was scrolling through Pinterest when I saw a drawing of a girl with flowers sprouting from her head watering herself I felt the scars on my thigh— the ones only I can see—begin to itch So I decided I would tattoo that drawing over my war marks so I’d never do something like that to myself again
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Aug 11, 2025
Aug 11, 2025 at 11:28 AM UTC
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