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Nights spent pulling away pieces of my skin remind me of trimming fabric from unwanted articals of clothing My exterior does not define me But I despise what's underneath Maybe if I peel back far enough And glare at the bare contents of my being I'll see something worth saving Thrifting, and scrapbooking my flaws I do not enjoy this I do not want to be this These torn up jeans This torn up soul So I scratch off the scabs from every wound Reopening my problems, exposing them to my ever changing mind This scar stings my eyes the way the sun used to when I was a child This scar has been there since I was a child I believe that thought is called an epiphany But I never wanted to realize these things about myself So I throw them out Leaving me hollow Maybe something or someone can fill the cavity I myself carved from my chest Maybe nothing and no one ever will It's hard to tell I feel nothing I am nothing
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Oct 10, 2015
Oct 10, 2015 at 4:03 AM UTC
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Nights spent pulling away pieces of my skin remind me of trimming fabric from unwanted articals of clothing My exterior does not define me But I despise what's underneath Maybe if I peel back far enough And glare at the bare contents of my being I'll see something worth saving Thrifting, and scrapbooking my flaws I do not enjoy this I do not want to be this These torn up jeans This torn up soul So I scratch off the scabs from every wound Reopening my problems, exposing them to my ever changing mind This scar stings my eyes the way the sun used to when I was a child This scar has been there since I was a child I believe that thought is called an epiphany But I never wanted to realize these things about myself So I throw them out Leaving me hollow Maybe something or someone can fill the cavity I myself carved from my chest Maybe nothing and no one ever will It's hard to tell I feel nothing I am nothing
Flaws
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Oct 10, 2015
Oct 10, 2015 at 4:03 AM UTC
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