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#runningaway
The cars whip by me, a sea of red and orange. I think I can feel you, our minds intertwining. We can live forever on this road, no chains to bind us.
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Nov 26, 2025
Nov 26, 2025 at 3:29 AM UTC
Life on the Road
The men chuckle lightly, almost insinuating a secret. Their eyes dart one to another, and I know this at least: the men are horrible at keeping secrets. “Why do you all chuckle?” I ask with complete and utter resolve. Again, all their eyes darted to one another. They dart back mainly at the Captain. So I darted my eyes to see this secret message. His eyes are dark, moody, all seriousness. The message is unclear to me, yet instant for them. Wind starts to pick up. The dry air swirls for mere seconds, dissolving into a broiling heat, contained in this valley. High hills, and dry stretches bake us into a frenzy. The men start to holler and yelp, as they do. They all run to the pond. It is a very large pond. There is another larger one behind the Barn as well. These ponds were fashioned out of the earth by years of the non evolving men who claim stakes to this land.
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Sep 21, 2025
Sep 21, 2025 at 4:37 PM UTC
Insanity
Some times its moments like these that actually convince me that I should stay listening to a new album way passed when I should have shut my eyes listening to you on call with her and laughing so hard because of me and the other's shared looks that I feel sore when I wake up walking to a spot that I considered forgotten that I considered my own and sharing it with you you see, taking flight has always appealed to me especially when the only one who knew my pain just rubbed salt in the wound cut off my arm and took it as a souvenir Now I can't bear taking flight because that would mean leaving you behind one of the only ones who understood me Yes, you were one of the only ones who understood me You, the luck up my sleeve and if I ever decide to leave you are the one whom gave me pause I will feel the greatest sorrow when I leave you behind It is moments like these, laying on a rug listening to what I will be listening to for months and mounths and thinking about you and not just that for my mind is a monster and when you saw you accepted it Sitting on a cold couch talking of others doomed romance was one of the best things you could give me for I could finally be the true me The shared looks that we give each other when it makes people mad Oh, those looks those looks that I will never want to miss never want to forget And oh how I wish to hold your hand oh how I wish to cradle you in my arms but all I have is your eyes to cradle and your words are all I can hold you mean more to me than you could ever know and those little stolen moments that we make ours Yes, you were the one I could at last love the one who finally accepted my mind Yes, you are my love and You, the luck up my sleeve and if I ever decide to leave you are the one whom gave me pause I will feel the greatest sorrow when I leave you behind Its moment like these when the music fills my mind when it flows through my head to my feet and all I can feel is that place when I want to stay the most It is moments like these when I listen to the analytical words of another and sit by my friends side Its moments like this when I am tightly warped in an embrace on the top of a mountain with a cross feeling the true love of God for the first time Its moments like these when I miss you all so badly that I can hardly breath but I know I will see you again tomorrow Its all of these moments When I finally see my friends who have become family after a period of absence When I can lay in a bed and rest when I truly feel weary When I cry and I cry because in the end, I know I will have to leave it all My friends who are now my family The tree that has now become familiar The radio with its iconic voices The lemonade with its iconic tastes The music with its wonderful sounds The park with its heart wrenching sunsets The house with my friends as family rooms Those things all give me pause because in the end leaving will happen whether I want to go or not but I hope that you know out of all of those things out of all of those beautiful, tragic, wonderful, aw striking things you are truly the ones who I will miss I love you all, I love you all more deeply than you could ever know
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Aug 18, 2025
Aug 18, 2025 at 9:50 PM UTC
You gave me pause
Some times its moments like these that actually convince me that I should stay listening to a new album way passed when I should have shut my eyes listening to you on call with her and laughing so hard because of me and the other's shared looks that I feel sore when I wake up walking to a spot that I considered forgotten that I considered my own and sharing it with you you see, taking flight has always appealed to me especially when the only one who knew my pain just rubbed salt in the wound cut off my arm and took it as a souvenir Now I can't bear taking flight because that would mean leaving you behind one of the only ones who understood me Yes, you were one of the only ones who understood me You, the luck up my sleeve and if I ever decide to leave you are the one whom gave me pause I will feel the greatest sorrow when I leave you behind It is moments like these, laying on a rug listening to what I will be listening to for months and mounths and thinking about you and not just that for my mind is a monster and when you saw you accepted it Sitting on a cold couch talking of others doomed romance was one of the best things you could give me for I could finally be the true me The shared looks that we give each other when it makes people mad Oh, those looks those looks that I will never want to miss never want to forget And oh how I wish to hold your hand oh how I wish to cradle you in my arms but all I have is your eyes to cradle and your words are all I can hold you mean more to me than you could ever know and those little stolen moments that we make ours Yes, you were the one I could at last love the one who finally accepted my mind Yes, you are my love and You, the luck up my sleeve and if I ever decide to leave you are the one whom gave me pause I will feel the greatest sorrow when I leave you behind Its moment like these when the music fills my mind when it flows through my head to my feet and all I can feel is that place when I want to stay the most It is moments like these when I listen to the analytical words of another and sit by my friends side Its moments like this when I am tightly warped in an embrace on the top of a mountain with a cross feeling the true love of God for the first time Its moments like these when I miss you all so badly that I can hardly breath but I know I will see you again tomorrow Its all of these moments When I finally see my friends who have become family after a period of absence When I can lay in a bed and rest when I truly feel weary When I cry and I cry because in the end, I know I will have to leave it all My friends who are now my family The tree that has now become familiar The radio with its iconic voices The lemonade with its iconic tastes The music with its wonderful sounds The park with its heart wrenching sunsets The house with my friends as family rooms Those things all give me pause because in the end leaving will happen whether I want to go or not but I hope that you know out of all of those things out of all of those beautiful, tragic, wonderful, aw striking things you are truly the ones who I will miss I love you all, I love you all more deeply than you could ever know
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The light September breeze, reminds me of who I used to be, A girl without so much worry, A girl who wasn't judged for, being who she was. She left home, And she had never felt so alone. So she walked, sometimes she rode with strangers, Who seemed to really understand when she talked. I just wanted to go North, and see the snow. But I wasn't doing much good, cause my wits were starting to go, And I hoped. She hoped for an end, Among the strange, beautiful places, just around the bend. And she found some, In trespassing and chases. Which is why I ended here, in a dry town. No whisky or beer. Wearing a pale blue, hospital gown.
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Oct 21, 2020
Oct 21, 2020 at 8:25 PM UTC
To Leave Home
gasp heave pant the ringing in my ears the lump beating in my throat the sound of my heartbeat caught in a flame that burns bright and angry in my lungs as i taste iron on my tongue and blisters bloom on the soles of my feet like flowers in a summer's field and yet the stench of sweat the cling of cloth against my skin raw and pink and thick with grime but i'm running out of time i won't ever stop to breathe.
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Oct 9, 2020
Oct 9, 2020 at 1:14 PM UTC
escapism
i think i've lost the feeling in my fingertips and the words that graze my lips slip and dissipate into meaningless thoughts onto a page it's the banging against my window panes the clang and drip of rain it's the constant reminder of the sun that 'yes, i live' 'yes, i am here' 'yes, i will stay' 'for as long as you will let me' it's like listening to the sound of crashing waves against the shore as i dip my toes in the moonlight but there is that fear of the unknown the slippery tongues of the abyss that lap and lick against my heels the tremble of my lip the shudder down my spine as it snakes around my legs it's the longingness to runaway and disappear to leave without a trace no new names, no fake identities not a smidge of existence no footprints left behind.
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Oct 4, 2020
Oct 4, 2020 at 11:28 AM UTC
without a sense of purpose
𝒽𝑜𝓅𝑒 𝒶 𝓂𝑒𝓂𝑜𝓇𝓎 𝓈𝒽𝒶𝒹𝑜𝓌𝓈 𝒻𝓇𝑜𝓏𝑒𝓃 𝓅𝒶𝓁𝑒 𝒶𝓃𝒹 𝒸𝓇𝓊𝑒𝓁 𝓎𝑜𝓊 𝒻𝓁𝑒𝑒
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May 3, 2020
May 3, 2020 at 11:04 PM UTC
a hero, we are not
As he sinks down, Down into the soil he recalls everything. Remembers what it was like to taste the sky, and run through fields of flowers and he wonders if the man whose hand he holds is worth losing everything. He thinks of the kitchen table, and of the note he left for Mother: "Going now. Back by spring." He locks the door, puts the last bag in the trunk, and as he gets into the car he looks back once before turning away from the sun.
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Jan 20, 2020
Jan 20, 2020 at 8:06 PM UTC
Persephone
Afraid of her waves, I steer into the trees, fashion my nest From the oars and leaves. Teach oldies to the birds, mice, the harmonies, squander afternoons waiting for the breeze. Afraid of her waves, I fly toward the heavens to roam with pilgrims crying rivers and oceans. I listen to their stories of ruin and misfortune. And discover boats can be both frightened and broken. Afraid of her waves, I crash into the moon, bug the man inside, a bit of a recluse, with questions rounding How the ocean moves. He bellies of an ache, But I know it's just a bruise. Afraid of her waves, I spin off seven rings slingshot out this galaxy on black and speckled wings, tumble through a universe where no and everything look so eerily the same that my boat begins to sink. Afraid of her waves, I row anywhere else until walls crumble down until oars row themselves. When I scale her summits, gobbled by her swell, I peek over my shoulder where the sea, she's ever still.
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Oct 30, 2019
Oct 30, 2019 at 1:44 PM UTC
Ever Still
I'm so tired of being anxious, of self-disparaging and being just-okay-but-not-really-okay all the **** time. I just wanna forget being damaged for once, and run and run and crash somewhere better and breathe again, and feel again, and live again. Please.
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Sep 11, 2019
Sep 11, 2019 at 12:10 AM UTC
things to call poetry
Run away you, away from desolation, away from these blinding city lights, away from this dense hard-to-carry burden away from society and its atrocious ways. Into tomorrow, start over, turn over a new leaf, a brand new you, because better days await and never contemplate over what could have been. A.A
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Aug 31, 2019
Aug 31, 2019 at 10:31 AM UTC
Run Away
The feeling, The emptiness, The feeling of emptiness. My heart aches for some feelings. It is so sick of the void. I hurt the people I love, to get a reaction from them. Anger, hatred or pain, So that I can get some of those too. Sitting below the fiery a hot shower, to feel the buns on my soft skin, To get the warmth from the water and steam, Which I don't get from the people anymore. Walking on the street, In tees, jeans and flip flops, when It's snowing outside, To feel the cold and chills through my bones. To feel the sadness in the surrounding, to feel something. To know I am NOT dead. Drinking my Guts down. Telling people I love them. Can't do that with my normal persona, Missing people publicly. Cry for them, But then why I don't feel blissful, even with them around. Running behind my dreams, where I feel. I feel it all - Pain, smile, sorrow, and joy. Not the blank. Not to be the emotionless stone, I have become. Sitting in my room alone, Hoping to go out and meet some people, Like or not like me. In a party - with the glass in my hand. Glass full up to the brim, Trying to keep up with the fake grin. In my mind, already killing myself and these people, Millions of times. Exploding and pacifying myself the millionth time, In the past 2 hours Is this normal? To wish for death, when life is perfect, everything is good. You wanted to be here. Now that you are, Where are you planning to run away next? Convincing myself, No, that other place will be better. You will be happier. When you know you won't be, Any more on this earth. It's all the same. It's not the same anymore. Darling you have been blessed with melancholy. It's a part of you. How could you ever run away, from something which is inside you. Not in your body but in your soul. You can try, always try. Till the time you are tired of trying. And then you cry and cry and cry some more, you can accept it, cry Cry it out, my love. And now? Now embrace it. Like you would embrace- The gift of Beauty, you always wanted. When you always knew that- Beauty comes with a price. Now that you have embraced it. You know it's you. You don't try to pretend anymore. No more fake laughs, pretentious smiles. I am sad, But I am content with my sadness. The void, I was always trying to get rid of. It was filled with sadness. No, it doesn't ache for anything anymore. I can be calm with: The fiery exploding thoughts. I am peaceful with the war in my mind.
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Mar 17, 2019
Mar 17, 2019 at 5:11 PM UTC
Monachopsi: Part 1: Tranquillity
The feeling, The emptiness, The feeling of emptiness. My heart aches for some feelings. It is so sick of the void. I hurt the people I love, to get a reaction from them. Anger, hatred or pain, So that I can get some of those too. Sitting below the fiery a hot shower, to feel the buns on my soft skin, To get the warmth from the water and steam, Which I don't get from the people anymore. Walking on the street, In tees, jeans and flip flops, when It's snowing outside, To feel the cold and chills through my bones. To feel the sadness in the surrounding, to feel something. To know I am NOT dead. Drinking my Guts down. Telling people I love them. Can't do that with my normal persona, Missing people publicly. Cry for them, But then why I don't feel blissful, even with them around. Running behind my dreams, where I feel. I feel it all - Pain, smile, sorrow, and joy. Not the blank. Not to be the emotionless stone, I have become. Sitting in my room alone, Hoping to go out and meet some people, Like or not like me. In a party - with the glass in my hand. Glass full up to the brim, Trying to keep up with the fake grin. In my mind, already killing myself and these people, Millions of times. Exploding and pacifying myself the millionth time, In the past 2 hours Is this normal? To wish for death, when life is perfect, everything is good. You wanted to be here. Now that you are, Where are you planning to run away next? Convincing myself, No, that other place will be better. You will be happier. When you know you won't be, Any more on this earth. It's all the same. It's not the same anymore. Darling you have been blessed with melancholy. It's a part of you. How could you ever run away, from something which is inside you. Not in your body but in your soul. You can try, always try. Till the time you are tired of trying. And then you cry and cry and cry some more, you can accept it, cry Cry it out, my love. And now? Now embrace it. Like you would embrace- The gift of Beauty, you always wanted. When you always knew that- Beauty comes with a price. Now that you have embraced it. You know it's you. You don't try to pretend anymore. No more fake laughs, pretentious smiles. I am sad, But I am content with my sadness. The void, I was always trying to get rid of. It was filled with sadness. No, it doesn't ache for anything anymore. I can be calm with: The fiery exploding thoughts. I am peaceful with the war in my mind.
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I’m leaving Neverland, and you don’t have to come with me if you don’t want to, but I’m gone, I know it kinda feels great to stay in a superficially carnal way, but if I stay I will die, and I’ll be giving away the precious gift, of the only thing I actually have, my life, because it’s not too late but will be if I wait, to make all these wrongs right, and it’s not too late but will be if I wait, to **** my past and start a new life, I can’t stay, and I can no longer deny, that my Hometown of Hollywood has been corrupted, they even made the most innocent moments feel tainted, maybe that’s why I can’t play with a little boy, without feeling like I’m doing something wrong, and I haven’t sexually abused a single child in my entire adult life, so why should I feel confused by what’s going on, and we all know what’s going on, we all know They are attracted to the Young and Innocent, because in the twisted logic of their perverted minds, they think maybe by being with children they’ll stay Forever Young, it’s disgusting, and I’m so ashamed of the city I’m from, that I’m not even having kids, because I feel bad for every daughter and son, and I still love Michael Jackson, I mean I own a self-portrait painted by him, it hangs in my hallway I pass it everyday, as I search for a way to find some separation, between art and artist, between who God created, and what that who God created, creates from that creation, trying to make peace with, the fact that every gifted artist seems to be so twisted, makes me suspicious, of every celebrity I know and all their addictions, because it’s different, depending what what their addiction is, I mean a bit of blow is one thing, but a kids ******** goes beyond addition & becomes a sickness, and we may never know every secret untold that goes on without witness, and honestly at this point I don’t even care, I just want to get the heck outta here, you know what I mean Billy Jean, the kid’s not mine but I’m still talking to the Man in The Mirror, so it’s time to Beat It, make my escape like a Smooth Criminal, because I realize now that all those messages, were more than just subliminal, and I don’t like The Way You Make Me Feel anymore, I’m not going to wait ‘Till You Get Enough, I’m going to find a place where I actually feel appreciated, because I finally realize that back in Hollywood They Don’t Care About us, so I’m leaving Neverland, and you don’t have to come with me if you don’t want to, but I’m gone, I know it kinda feels great to stay in a superficially carnal way, but if I stay I will die, and I’ll be giving away the precious gift, of the only thing I actually have, my life… ∆ LaLux ∆ Hollywood 2019
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Mar 7, 2019
Mar 7, 2019 at 4:07 PM UTC
Leaving Neverland
I’m leaving Neverland, and you don’t have to come with me if you don’t want to, but I’m gone, I know it kinda feels great to stay in a superficially carnal way, but if I stay I will die, and I’ll be giving away the precious gift, of the only thing I actually have, my life, because it’s not too late but will be if I wait, to make all these wrongs right, and it’s not too late but will be if I wait, to **** my past and start a new life, I can’t stay, and I can no longer deny, that my Hometown of Hollywood has been corrupted, they even made the most innocent moments feel tainted, maybe that’s why I can’t play with a little boy, without feeling like I’m doing something wrong, and I haven’t sexually abused a single child in my entire adult life, so why should I feel confused by what’s going on, and we all know what’s going on, we all know They are attracted to the Young and Innocent, because in the twisted logic of their perverted minds, they think maybe by being with children they’ll stay Forever Young, it’s disgusting, and I’m so ashamed of the city I’m from, that I’m not even having kids, because I feel bad for every daughter and son, and I still love Michael Jackson, I mean I own a self-portrait painted by him, it hangs in my hallway I pass it everyday, as I search for a way to find some separation, between art and artist, between who God created, and what that who God created, creates from that creation, trying to make peace with, the fact that every gifted artist seems to be so twisted, makes me suspicious, of every celebrity I know and all their addictions, because it’s different, depending what what their addiction is, I mean a bit of blow is one thing, but a kids ******** goes beyond addition & becomes a sickness, and we may never know every secret untold that goes on without witness, and honestly at this point I don’t even care, I just want to get the heck outta here, you know what I mean Billy Jean, the kid’s not mine but I’m still talking to the Man in The Mirror, so it’s time to Beat It, make my escape like a Smooth Criminal, because I realize now that all those messages, were more than just subliminal, and I don’t like The Way You Make Me Feel anymore, I’m not going to wait ‘Till You Get Enough, I’m going to find a place where I actually feel appreciated, because I finally realize that back in Hollywood They Don’t Care About us, so I’m leaving Neverland, and you don’t have to come with me if you don’t want to, but I’m gone, I know it kinda feels great to stay in a superficially carnal way, but if I stay I will die, and I’ll be giving away the precious gift, of the only thing I actually have, my life… ∆ LaLux ∆ Hollywood 2019
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How am I supposed to stand on my feet, when all they want to do is run away?
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Nov 1, 2018
Nov 1, 2018 at 1:26 AM UTC
weak
The crunching sound of glass under the sole of my shoe. The gentle bend as the metal frames twisted unrecognisably. Fragments littering the cement around me. For what purpose did I need them. Walking away. Dread and edrenaline mix together. Jumping at my own shadow. Yet no longer having to look at the world. No longer having to see it. But still stuck inside it. Standing behind the retina. Behind the same distorted lenses. Shame. Longing. Blind. Lost.
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May 18, 2018
May 18, 2018 at 9:40 AM UTC
Myopia
The doors are open, The windows are open, And yet, I cannot escape.
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May 7, 2018
May 7, 2018 at 11:02 AM UTC
Escape
*This world has nothing left for me I want to leave it behind Take the people I love somewhere else Take them to a non war torn planet Take them somewhere we can be ourselves A judgement free area No restrictions on what we could say Limitless possibilities I want to leave earth and go somewhere else*
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Jan 13, 2016
Jan 13, 2016 at 12:43 PM UTC
Space Bound
When I was troubled, where were you? I was falling...without you. You said I could run to you, but I had to run from you. When that bridge fell, The dust clouded my vision. I couldn’t find my way, So I grabbed what I could, And sprinted. I jumped at my first chance of escape. When I found my way, I came back How could you push me again? I thought I could trust you. You sent me to a place, Where you cannot see the sun. They watch you. They stalk you. They try to solve you. When I was released from the claws of that beast, I didn’t come back. You waited And waited You were angered when that seat got cold. Life as you know it was gone. Dead. Destroyed. You came at me, Talons outstretched. You attacked in every way possible. Ripping the very things binding me to this life. You laughed as The largest piece of me fell, Into the black noiseless oblivion. You expect me to come back, Crawling on my knees, Begging you to take me back. I won’t. For, I have learned: Never come back.
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Nov 3, 2015
Nov 3, 2015 at 8:02 PM UTC
The scars remain
You were smiling desperate attempt to beguile the teacher into letting you attend Unfortunately she raised her hand (to close the door perhaps) and you flinched away violently. Then You leave them to their misconceptions and remember how that hand had looked reptilian in the corner of your eye.
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Apr 23, 2015
Apr 23, 2015 at 2:13 PM UTC
Running
They all seem so disposable It hasn't always been like this I once was the disposable one The one that didn't matter The one trying to keep her composure I used to care to much And now I care so little I used to get head over my heels so easily But the words coming out of their mouths weren't real And I learned not to be the foolish girl The one standing there looking like an idiot   So instead I leave before they can Sometimes I wonder if I'm missing out Running away like this
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Apr 22, 2015
Apr 22, 2015 at 1:52 AM UTC
Untitled
She starts gathering up her things. She's getting ready for her trip. No one aware. No one who cares. Her pillow is harder, Her pill bottles full, Her bag is waiting, And now she's ready to leave. Not yet. Not ready. Not alone. Fighting with herself, or rather her friends. The one's who are her voice. THE voice's. Trying to plan on still. For they have yet to begin getting ready. Not smart. Not scared. Not brave. They've made up their minds. They've packed their bag's. They're ready to go. Her knife, her friends, her sanity. Is ready.
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Apr 17, 2015
Apr 17, 2015 at 1:07 AM UTC
Trip
Not suicidally Or accidentally But in the sense Of noteriety I dont want Anyone knowing me Or the awful human I used to be I want to start fresh Do good for the world Start charitable organizations And be the angels herald Even my own father Calls me devlish now So maybe its time To five a final bow Ill exit the stage And sink from sinful fame Ill do what i want With no title or name And how freeing itll be To not look after you To not reassure Every ****** thing you do And i wont tell a lie Not even for my own good And if you think me cold hearted You clearly misunderstood I wont pity petty people I wont try and hold your hand When all you want to do Is fight the quick sand Youre sinking faster Than i can keep up So im done going down With a ship thats far sunk So yes i want to die Im exhausted from this Life is miserable When your boots are all i kiss So im starting over fresh Born again as a fresh new babe And i hope this world is kinder Than when i was first made
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Dec 10, 2014
Dec 10, 2014 at 11:04 PM UTC
I Just Want To Die