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#healinghurts
they call it home. i learned to call it something else. the same four walls, the same silence that never helped, the same nights that strecthed too long with nowhere to hide. and i remember, how the room would watch like it always does, holding its breath while everything broke. i was small, small enough to think someone would stop it, then someone would choose me. but the silence stayed. so i learned early, how to survive inside a place that was never meant to hurt me, how to carry something invisible that still feels like it's there— like red that never really washed away. and even now, when the night comes back and the walls feel closer, i realize i never left that room. i just grew around it.
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May 12
May 12, 2026 at 9:42 PM UTC
the silence stayed.
I'm tired of pretending That everything is alright My thoughts are never ending They keep me up at night I'm tired of this feeling I've never felt so low Why can't my mind start healing I fear it'll never go I'm tired of trying I'm working towards my death Every thought keeps on rewinding I'm catching every breath
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Nov 23, 2025
Nov 23, 2025 at 4:57 PM UTC
I'm tired...
You're nothing but a ***** flea to me - Biting my ankles, And gnawing at my feet You refuse my pleas to cease They itch - Oh so uncomfortably I scratch until they bleed The bites are gone now, But my skin - Uneven, blotched in tone - Bear scars of memories Long since past And so I cover them fast Lest I dwell on the contrast They make my tattoos Look a little ugly sometimes Maybe I'll just cover them With more art - Turn something stark Into something lark How about all bite, AND all bark?
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Jul 21, 2025
Jul 21, 2025 at 3:25 AM UTC
Vermin