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You were everything I thought I stood for. And I loved it. Then you became everything I stood for. And I loathed it. You were my other half. And I goaded you to change. I didn’t understand that if we were the same, Then we would both be the same half. I didn’t understand that two identical halves don’t make a whole. You needed to be different. Or in other words, you needed to stay the same. You can’t really love someone else If you want them to be just like you. That’s just loving yourself. And you can’t love someone else If all you want is to love yourself.
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Sep 12, 2014
Sep 12, 2014 at 1:32 AM UTC
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You were everything I thought I stood for. And I loved it. Then you became everything I stood for. And I loathed it. You were my other half. And I goaded you to change. I didn’t understand that if we were the same, Then we would both be the same half. I didn’t understand that two identical halves don’t make a whole. You needed to be different. Or in other words, you needed to stay the same. You can’t really love someone else If you want them to be just like you. That’s just loving yourself. And you can’t love someone else If all you want is to love yourself.
ben-balserak
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Sep 12, 2014
Sep 12, 2014 at 1:32 AM UTC
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