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A few months ago I found comfort in walking dangerous streets alone drunk tired upset I could have walked for hours because the feeling of something possibly going wrong soothed me Perhaps whatever I may have met on those dangerous streets would have been more real more terrifying than the monsters I faced with closed eyes and a clenched jaw each night and every morning I no longer see those streets with blurred vision but instead eyes that cannot look in as many directions as I would like because that gum wrapper might not be what I think it is Maybe my fears are fading, no longer stored inside where no one can see them Maybe my walls have broken and I feel too vulnerable to face anyone I may encounter because I am not confident that anyone else would come to my rescue
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Oct 13, 2014
Oct 13, 2014 at 10:19 PM UTC
Shadows from Streetlights
A few months ago I found comfort in walking dangerous streets alone drunk tired upset I could have walked for hours because the feeling of something possibly going wrong soothed me Perhaps whatever I may have met on those dangerous streets would have been more real more terrifying than the monsters I faced with closed eyes and a clenched jaw each night and every morning I no longer see those streets with blurred vision but instead eyes that cannot look in as many directions as I would like because that gum wrapper might not be what I think it is Maybe my fears are fading, no longer stored inside where no one can see them Maybe my walls have broken and I feel too vulnerable to face anyone I may encounter because I am not confident that anyone else would come to my rescue
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Oct 13, 2014
Oct 13, 2014 at 10:19 PM UTC
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