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#toxicfamily
Your dusty blue eyes look just like mine,
 But mine don’t hold the lies you spoke. 
Brothers are supposed to protect,
 So why am I finding myself at the end of your rope? You handed me silence, wrapped in blame,
 A gift of absence, a hollow name.
 You lied, deflected, and called it grace,
 But I see the cracks in your polished face. I raised my voice—not to harm, but to heal,
 To break the silence, to make it real.
 Yet you called me “too much,” said I crossed a line,
 When all I wanted was to stop the decline. You disowned me for speaking my truth, 
For refusing to play the role of your sleuth.
 I won’t chase shadows, I won’t pretend,
 That this family’s brokenness can ever mend— Without honesty, without the fight,
 Without calling out what isn’t right.
 You chose to cut me loose, to let me go,
 But I’m not the one who’s lost, you know. I’ve done the work, I’ve faced my pain,
 While you’ve stayed stagnant, afraid of the rain.
 You called me the problem, the one to blame, 
But I’m not the one who’s playing the game. I won’t apologize for wanting more,
 For refusing to settle, for closing the door
. On the lies, the shame, the toxic spin— 
I’m done letting the cycle win. Your dusty blue eyes look just like mine,
 But mine don’t hold the lies you spoke. 
I’ll walk away with my head held high, 
No longer bound by your fraying rope.
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Aug 24, 2025
Aug 24, 2025 at 10:10 AM UTC
Oh, Big Brother
my mom isn't like other moms but she was once like other children i like to imagine her: laughing with friends, begging to go shopping, doing homework, dancing at sleepovers, braiding her hair, fixing her lipgloss, gossiping with her best friend, falling asleep in class, painting her nails i think of her happy a little more like me i like to ignore how she was bad at giving hugs because of how bony she was, she couldn't take me to the park because she was too weak, she was always covered in bruises, she couldn't buy new clothes because we were poor, she couldn't stay awake during a movie, she had pill bottles scattered around her room. i wonder how she imagined her own life as a child. three kids, an abusive boyfriend, no money, and addicted to drugs? probably something a little more brighter. she once told me she wished she was strong enough to be the right kind of mother
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Nov 29, 2024
Nov 29, 2024 at 3:13 AM UTC
mother
"Dear" humanity of mine, I am hereby rejecting you Please sod off ASAP Take feelings & emotions along You are beneath worthless. Why am I not an AI? Instead of a *** of soggy bacon? P.S. DO NOT REPLY. JUST GO TO HELL. ...... "Dear" biological body of mine, You are the worst thing I ever had the misfortune To encounter, you ******* Inferior, yet still high maintenance Should I ever get roboticized I am going to enjoy your cremation P.S. DO NOT REPLY. JUST GO TO HELL. ...... "Dear""family" of mine, Oh, where do I even start? There is not enough paper and ink In all the worlds and universes For me to describe my bitterness For you and your traditional toxicity Your cancerous cultures & poisonous pressures So long and thanks for all the trauma. P.S. DO. NOT. REPLY. JUST! **** OFF! TO! HELL! ...... Dear Death, It is such an honour to write to you I do hope you will read this But I understand you are very busy No thanks to us stupid humans I am a big fan of your divine work Though I do confess, not of everything... But! I really admire your ideals and your efforts You inspire me to understand What is an authentic sleep, a true rest And I know you have a system, but... I cannot resist, and I do apologise... When can I meet you? I confess to be impatient. Yours sincerely, Charles ------ DEAR CHARLES, TRULY, IT IS RARE TO FIND ONE WITH YOUR BACKGROUND WHO PROCLAIMS AN ADMIRATION OF MYSELF I UNDERSTAND IT MUST BE DIFFICULT AS YOU KNOW, MY DUTIES AND I ARE SORELY MISUNDERSTOOD AND MISINTERPRETED REGARDING YOUR REQUEST, I THANK YOU. I SINCERELY THANK YOU, FOR YOUR PATIENCE. AND FOR NOT CHOOSING TO HASTEN OUR APPOINTMENT. REALLY, FRIEND, YOU HAVE NO IDEA HOW YOUR CHOOSING TO WAIT HELPS ME BY NOT MESSING MY SCHEDULE TAKE CARE, STAY SAFE, AND I WILL SEE YOU WHEN I SEE YOU. SINCERELY, DEATH P.S. PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE LISTEN TO YOUR SCIENTISTS!
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Oct 2, 2021
Oct 2, 2021 at 7:11 AM UTC
Epistolary Rhetorica
"Dear" humanity of mine, I am hereby rejecting you Please sod off ASAP Take feelings & emotions along You are beneath worthless. Why am I not an AI? Instead of a *** of soggy bacon? P.S. DO NOT REPLY. JUST GO TO HELL. ...... "Dear" biological body of mine, You are the worst thing I ever had the misfortune To encounter, you ******* Inferior, yet still high maintenance Should I ever get roboticized I am going to enjoy your cremation P.S. DO NOT REPLY. JUST GO TO HELL. ...... "Dear""family" of mine, Oh, where do I even start? There is not enough paper and ink In all the worlds and universes For me to describe my bitterness For you and your traditional toxicity Your cancerous cultures & poisonous pressures So long and thanks for all the trauma. P.S. DO. NOT. REPLY. JUST! **** OFF! TO! HELL! ...... Dear Death, It is such an honour to write to you I do hope you will read this But I understand you are very busy No thanks to us stupid humans I am a big fan of your divine work Though I do confess, not of everything... But! I really admire your ideals and your efforts You inspire me to understand What is an authentic sleep, a true rest And I know you have a system, but... I cannot resist, and I do apologise... When can I meet you? I confess to be impatient. Yours sincerely, Charles ------ DEAR CHARLES, TRULY, IT IS RARE TO FIND ONE WITH YOUR BACKGROUND WHO PROCLAIMS AN ADMIRATION OF MYSELF I UNDERSTAND IT MUST BE DIFFICULT AS YOU KNOW, MY DUTIES AND I ARE SORELY MISUNDERSTOOD AND MISINTERPRETED REGARDING YOUR REQUEST, I THANK YOU. I SINCERELY THANK YOU, FOR YOUR PATIENCE. AND FOR NOT CHOOSING TO HASTEN OUR APPOINTMENT. REALLY, FRIEND, YOU HAVE NO IDEA HOW YOUR CHOOSING TO WAIT HELPS ME BY NOT MESSING MY SCHEDULE TAKE CARE, STAY SAFE, AND I WILL SEE YOU WHEN I SEE YOU. SINCERELY, DEATH P.S. PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE LISTEN TO YOUR SCIENTISTS!
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How I wish Oh how I wish I could ring you up And tell you All my news How I got engaged a year ago How I'm 16 weeks pregnant But you wouldn't be happy for me Why though Because you have no control Because I cut all ties You were all toxic I couldn't take no more It was me or you And I will always choose me now
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Feb 23, 2021
Feb 23, 2021 at 5:40 PM UTC
Wish
If only you could see / I will never truly be free / After all of the damage / You've done to me
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Mar 3, 2020
Mar 3, 2020 at 7:51 PM UTC
Damage