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What of languages, if you only need one or two words to say you're sorry? What of learning dialects, if you only need a single sentence to tell me why you think I deserved whatever **** you've put me in? What use are the multiple languages you speak, when you can't use a single one of them to justify what you did? What about the new language you taught me, is it even ours to begin with? What good is it, if I'm now gagged, silenced and mute? So what of languages, if you are to be exiled soon, with your tongue tied too? So what of my dialects, if I couldn't even ask myself to forgive and forget, to let it go and give it a rest? So what use are the multiple languages we speak, if we can't use a single word, a sentence, not a single language to say the multitudes of feelings we feel? What about the new language you taught me? I wanna write these words in scripts, only to light them in a fire. How good will it be, if I were to be the bad guy this time?
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Jun 13, 2024
Jun 13, 2024 at 11:54 PM UTC
Codeswitch (Part III)
What of languages, if you only need one or two words to say you're sorry? What of learning dialects, if you only need a single sentence to tell me why you think I deserved whatever **** you've put me in? What use are the multiple languages you speak, when you can't use a single one of them to justify what you did? What about the new language you taught me, is it even ours to begin with? What good is it, if I'm now gagged, silenced and mute? So what of languages, if you are to be exiled soon, with your tongue tied too? So what of my dialects, if I couldn't even ask myself to forgive and forget, to let it go and give it a rest? So what use are the multiple languages we speak, if we can't use a single word, a sentence, not a single language to say the multitudes of feelings we feel? What about the new language you taught me? I wanna write these words in scripts, only to light them in a fire. How good will it be, if I were to be the bad guy this time?
Patawad. Perdóname. Pasaylo-a ko. Perdona'm.
ang_lakambini
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Jun 13, 2024
Jun 13, 2024 at 11:54 PM UTC
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