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Still Awake at 7:45PM

I'm sorry that my back broke

when it was suddenly weighed down

by the ******* I no longer want

and that you had to pick up the

pieces of my spine, despite being

the second to know.

 

I regret that, in the aftermath,

there has been only regression

into my old habit of feeling a strong

itch coursing through my veins

and pulsing beneath my skin,

leaving me with fanciful thoughts

of scratching my skin raw.

 

But words cannot adequately

describe how badly I want

to figure out how to properly

thank you for being as amazing

as you are, never showing the

slightest hint of disappointment

that I've gotten back into old

habits of thinking far too much,

and holding my hand across the

tightrope of being genderqueer.

 

There are an infinite number

of ways in which I love you.

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Written by
jamie-wasnothing
American
Published
Mar 7, 2014
Lines·Words
25·141
Notes

Written in late 2013/early 2014, this is my slow descent into insecurity due to certain realizations concerning my identity.

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