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I watch the ache in my chest for you dissolve into a quiet whisper. I rethink every decision ever made as these memories are telling me a story about my progress as if it was someone else's will I always stand inside the shadow of another? will even my own not be enough company to keep me sane? why do I love lonely but crave the embrace? I'm watching my expression change, with every single word I say and every single thing I feel. it seems it's all imagined, the desire for infatuation and lust and connection. it's all just ego. I am nothing but a whisper in the ears of no one. should I even speak at all when my words don't mean anything to even me. never have I been trusting. and here I go- coming undone again. thinking the world of myself but the world is ****** so that's counterproductive, isn't it? paradoxical contingencies keep me awaking from these dreams. go to sleep it's a nightmare and wake up it's the same. my vision is getting blurry and my voice now shakes from inadequacy. I love every part of me so how could this be happening? my shadow laughs back at me, reminds me I am the same girl I was 19 and addicted to things. almost 23 and it's more of the same- 23 and I've lost almost everything. so what's another 23 years?
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Jan 26, 2018
Jan 26, 2018 at 7:19 PM UTC
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I watch the ache in my chest for you dissolve into a quiet whisper. I rethink every decision ever made as these memories are telling me a story about my progress as if it was someone else's will I always stand inside the shadow of another? will even my own not be enough company to keep me sane? why do I love lonely but crave the embrace? I'm watching my expression change, with every single word I say and every single thing I feel. it seems it's all imagined, the desire for infatuation and lust and connection. it's all just ego. I am nothing but a whisper in the ears of no one. should I even speak at all when my words don't mean anything to even me. never have I been trusting. and here I go- coming undone again. thinking the world of myself but the world is ****** so that's counterproductive, isn't it? paradoxical contingencies keep me awaking from these dreams. go to sleep it's a nightmare and wake up it's the same. my vision is getting blurry and my voice now shakes from inadequacy. I love every part of me so how could this be happening? my shadow laughs back at me, reminds me I am the same girl I was 19 and addicted to things. almost 23 and it's more of the same- 23 and I've lost almost everything. so what's another 23 years?
amanda-stoddard
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Jan 26, 2018
Jan 26, 2018 at 7:19 PM UTC
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