you don't know
how many times
i wished
and tried
to crawl out
from this skin—
to escape from
this messed-up
head and body.
_to slip delicately away from me
without annihilating the few good fragments
of my existence._
away from my deformities.
away from the detriments that i am.
away from myself.
Sep 3, 2025
Sep 3, 2025 at 10:33 AM UTC
you don't know
how many times
i wished
and tried
to crawl out
from this skin—
to escape from
this messed-up
head and body.
_to slip delicately away from me
without annihilating the few good fragments
of my existence._
away from my deformities.
away from the detriments that i am.
away from myself.
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