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When I fingered the thin skin on my left, vein-bulging limb Where the forearm adheres to the costly little hand I realized in all my intense ardor for pain That there in my penitence, self-pity, self-loathe I am a narcissist. Laden with self-obsessed sorrow There is a selfishness in being a dreary, To feel for oneself, When others care too much An aggregation of sympathizing sobs and tears Too much for an egoist Who would rather wallow alone In the orange-tinted hue of twilight turned nightfall A ray of the luster in all subtle shades, Can I summon the force to recall Why I hate myself Is it not that all despise me for a purpose? And those who are inept at reasonable loathe Are marooned in deep shame That they had degraded themselves for what? For a felon? Such as myself? Deep in such sorrow, Deep in my self-loathe I have encountered the truth of all fruitless self-regard I am a narcissist, egoist, one who self-loathes Who slashes and severs and cannot speak love
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Jun 29, 2014
Jun 29, 2014 at 5:33 PM UTC
Truly Selfish
When I fingered the thin skin on my left, vein-bulging limb Where the forearm adheres to the costly little hand I realized in all my intense ardor for pain That there in my penitence, self-pity, self-loathe I am a narcissist. Laden with self-obsessed sorrow There is a selfishness in being a dreary, To feel for oneself, When others care too much An aggregation of sympathizing sobs and tears Too much for an egoist Who would rather wallow alone In the orange-tinted hue of twilight turned nightfall A ray of the luster in all subtle shades, Can I summon the force to recall Why I hate myself Is it not that all despise me for a purpose? And those who are inept at reasonable loathe Are marooned in deep shame That they had degraded themselves for what? For a felon? Such as myself? Deep in such sorrow, Deep in my self-loathe I have encountered the truth of all fruitless self-regard I am a narcissist, egoist, one who self-loathes Who slashes and severs and cannot speak love
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Jun 29, 2014
Jun 29, 2014 at 5:33 PM UTC
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