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They called silence loyalty, called pain “love” called darkness family and told me hush up. I was born in a house where fear ate first, where shadows raised children and curses came versed. An army of blood stood laughing at me, planted me deep and expected debris. They said I’d be nothing a street, a mistake, not dumb, just surviving what children can’t take. No handouts. No help. Every inch I paid dues. Still they called me a leech while I bled through my shoes. I refused to rot with them, wouldn’t mirror their stain, so they shook my dead father and baptized me in shame. But hear this real clear, let it ring, let it stay you don’t bury a seed and demand it decay. I lived. I grew. I shine through the proof. They tried to **** light and still I broke through.
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Feb 9
Feb 9, 2026 at 9:38 AM UTC
Being born into darkness
They called silence loyalty, called pain “love” called darkness family and told me hush up. I was born in a house where fear ate first, where shadows raised children and curses came versed. An army of blood stood laughing at me, planted me deep and expected debris. They said I’d be nothing a street, a mistake, not dumb, just surviving what children can’t take. No handouts. No help. Every inch I paid dues. Still they called me a leech while I bled through my shoes. I refused to rot with them, wouldn’t mirror their stain, so they shook my dead father and baptized me in shame. But hear this real clear, let it ring, let it stay you don’t bury a seed and demand it decay. I lived. I grew. I shine through the proof. They tried to **** light and still I broke through.
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Feb 9
Feb 9, 2026 at 9:38 AM UTC
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