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This year

I might make this the year I tell the men in my life when they do something that hurts Probably not but it’s what I curl up and close my eyes about at night and let soak behind my eyelids into my dreams. Katahdin is not a volcano. You can’t come into my life whenever you want. The way you forget everything I did for you makes me feel like garbage. I would like you to acknowledge the hurt and not just how I’m reacting to it. Will it make me a bitch? Will you like me anyway? Will you be in the headspace to hear that? Do I care? I used to say I didn’t make friends with men because I thought they wanted to hurt me on purpose. I think now it’s on accident. Is that better? I think this is the year I say something and don’t cover with a joke to make you comfortable Probably isn’t but I really want that to be true One day I’m going to wake up and make it so And with myself intact, my day will go on
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robyn-kekacs
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Jan 28, 2024
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