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Submitted to Contest #241
Please Note: Sexual violence, abuse, and mentions of suicide Day 1610. We’re all born with zero knowledge. With no fears, no things that give us joy, no nothing. It’s our life experiences that shape us with time. It’s not my fault that I always think I’m going to be stabbed in the back. That’s because I have been before, and I don’t want it to happen again. How am I supposed to know that everything will be fine? That the murderer in him won’t come out for fresh dinner? I hear the combination lock clickity clack, being fiddled with so that it...
Submitted to Contest #216
I find it hard to believe that I am loved now. I just can’t accept that it’s true. I’ve lost the belief of anyone being able to love me. My mother? No. My father? No. My brother? No. My boyfriend? No. I don’t feel lovable anymore. No matter how many people show me sorts of affection. “Nat? Did you hear me? I love you” He’s staring at me, his tough hands resting on my shoulders, as if attempting to pull me together, waiting for a response to sliver out of my mouth. Waiting for an “I love you too”. But I’m slipping out of reality. Slipping i...
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