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Jun 2014
Complete the sentences:
I am:  
so much more than I give myself credit for.
I want:  
to smile, and mean it.
I wish:  
so much didn't have to be a secret, because it's tiring.
I hate:  
that I don't hate him.
I miss:  
normal, even though I am not sure I know what normal is.
I fear:  
nights, noises, intimacy.
I hear:  
the unkind words in my dreams. But also the kind ones, when I'm awake. ( I just struggle to believe them, but I hear.)
I wonder:  
if he's sorry.
I regret:  
not telling sooner.
I am not:  
what was done to me.
I dance:  
only when I am drunk.
I sing:  
in the car.
I cry:  
at night, most nights, as quietly as I can.
I am not always:  
OK when I say I am.
I make with my hands:  
representations of how I see the world, but sometimes they are disturbing.
I write:  
in my journal, almost every night.
I confuse:  
people's busyness with uncaring.
I need:  
to take better care of myself.
I should:  
think positive.
NitaAnn
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NitaAnn  Land of Nightmares
(Land of Nightmares)   
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