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June 14, 2014
By Cloaked SILVER, Urbana, Illinois
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Cloaked SILVER, Urbana, Illinois
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I'm not who I seem to be. I have unlimited masks in my room and skeletons in my closet. Get to know me. And then maybe you'll see the truth.

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I am starving. But not because I do not have food.
I am freezing. But not because I do not have clothes.
I am broken. But not because I have a physical wound.

I am starving because I have detached myself.
I am freezing because I refuse to accept your love.
I am broken because I will not let myself be fixed.

I am what I am because I am me.
I do not expect for anyone to understand.
But if you do, would it be cruel of me to ask for your help?

© Ashley D., Philadelphia, PA

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